Bug 2363778 (CVE-2023-53069)

Summary: CVE-2023-53069 kernel: octeontx2-vf: Add missing free for alloc_percpu
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-05-02 16:05:19 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

octeontx2-vf: Add missing free for alloc_percpu

Add the free_percpu for the allocated "vf->hw.lmt_info" in order to avoid
memory leak, same as the "pf->hw.lmt_info" in
`drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c`.
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-05-05 06:37:39 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025050212-CVE-2023-53069-b486@gregkh/T