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CVE-2023-53069: octeontx2-vf: Add missing free for alloc_percpu

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

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`.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.14.1 before 5.15.105; from 5.16 before 6.1.22; from 6.2 before 6.2.9; 5.14, 5.14-rc2, 5.14-rc3, 5.14-rc4, 5.14-rc5, 5.14-rc6 (+4) — fixed in 5.15.105, 6.1.22, 6.2.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.15.105, 6.1.22, 6.2.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/813b590840771890c738ce6dbfd0c5938a1bafb9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/840631bcf21f58c0a3f01378a54d79e9ce86b226
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90874b76e5f82eaa3309714d72ff2cd8bb8d1b02
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f038f3917baf04835ba2b7bcf2a04ac93fbf8a9c

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