Bug 2420273 (CVE-2023-53792) - CVE-2023-53792 kernel: nvme-core: fix memory leak in dhchap_ctrl_secret
Summary: CVE-2023-53792 kernel: nvme-core: fix memory leak in dhchap_ctrl_secret
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-53792
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-12-09 01:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-12-10 05:29 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-09 01:04:58 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Alexander B 2025-12-10 05:24:18 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025120941-CVE-2023-53792-3de7@gregkh/T
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