PT-2025-41114 · Blktests+4 · Blktests+4
Published
2023-06-12
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Updated
2025-12-04
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CVE-2023-53670
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
The Linux kernel contains a memory leak in the
nvme-core component. The issue occurs because dev pm qos hide latency tolerance() is not called in the error handling path, leading to an unreferenced object and a memory leak. The vulnerability was identified during testing with blktests and kmemleak. The backtrace indicates involvement of functions such as kalloc trace, dev pm qos update user latency tolerance, and nvme init ctrl.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Memory Leak
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Suse
Blktests
Kmemleak