Not yet scoredPublished Dec 8, 2025

CVE-2023-53792nvme-core: fix memory leak in dhchap_ctrl_secret

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 3:10 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-core: fix memory leak in dhchap_ctrl_secret Free dhchap_secret in nvme_ctrl_dhchap_ctrl_secret_store() before we return when nvme_auth_generate_key() returns error.

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from f50fff73d620cd6e8f48bc58d4f1c944615a3fea before 43d0724d756a13694f612a8a151f835ad6425b93; from f50fff73d620cd6e8f48bc58d4f1c944615a3fea before 39b90fc75943406d2bd60fd1ea041aca2559cc5f; from f50fff73d620cd6e8f48bc58d4f1c944615a3fea before 6ec30a62789913b1bd0f0d44ea4d0d2d5608b1e8; from f50fff73d620cd6e8f48bc58d4f1c944615a3fea before 99c2dcc8ffc24e210a3aa05c204d92f3ef460b05	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43d0724d756a13694f612a8a151f835ad6425b93
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39b90fc75943406d2bd60fd1ea041aca2559cc5f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ec30a62789913b1bd0f0d44ea4d0d2d5608b1e8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99c2dcc8ffc24e210a3aa05c204d92f3ef460b05

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