Bug 2401561 (CVE-2023-53546)

Summary: CVE-2023-53546 kernel: net/mlx5: DR, fix memory leak in mlx5dr_cmd_create_reformat_ctx
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-04 16:07:33 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5: DR, fix memory leak in mlx5dr_cmd_create_reformat_ctx

when mlx5_cmd_exec failed in mlx5dr_cmd_create_reformat_ctx, the memory
pointed by 'in' is not released, which will cause memory leak. Move memory
release after mlx5_cmd_exec.
Comment 1 Alexander B 2025-10-06 11:49:35 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100445-CVE-2023-53546-a432@gregkh/T