CVE-2023-53350

accel/qaic: Fix slicing memory leak

State: Published
Severity: 5.5 Medium
Published: Sep 17, 2025
Updated: May 11, 2026
Reserved: Sep 16, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

accel/qaic: Fix slicing memory leak

The temporary buffer storing slicing configuration data from user is only freed on error. This is a memory leak. Free the buffer unconditionally.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	ff13be8303336ead5621712f2c55012d738878b5 to before df45c3e46cdb41f486eecb4277fbcc4c1ffbf9beAffected ff13be8303336ead5621712f2c55012d738878b5 to before 2d956177b7c96e62fac762a3b7da4318cde27a73Affected
LinuxLinux	6.4Affected before 6.4Not affected 6.4.12 through 6.4.*Not affected 6.5 and laterNot affected

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