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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme-core: fix memory leak in dhchap_secret_store\n\nFree dhchap_secret in nvme_ctrl_dhchap_secret_store() before we return\nfix following kmemleack:-\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff8886376ea800 (size 64):\n comm \"check\", pid 22048, jiffies 4344316705 (age 92.199s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 44 48 48 43 2d 31 3a 30 30 3a 6e 78 72 35 4b 67 DHHC-1:00:nxr5Kg\n 75 58 34 75 6f 41 78 73 4a 61 34 63 2f 68 75 4c uX4uoAxsJa4c/huL\n backtrace:\n [<0000000030ce5d4b>] __kmalloc+0x4b/0x130\n [<000000009be1cdc1>] nvme_ctrl_dhchap_secret_store+0x8f/0x160 [nvme_core]\n [<00000000ac06c96a>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x12b/0x1c0\n [<00000000437e7ced>] vfs_write+0x2ba/0x3c0\n [<00000000f9491baf>] ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0\n [<000000001c46513d>] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90\n [<00000000ecf348fe>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc\nunreferenced object 0xffff8886376eaf00 (size 64):\n comm \"check\", pid 22048, jiffies 4344316736 (age 92.168s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 44 48 48 43 2d 31 3a 30 30 3a 6e 78 72 35 4b 67 DHHC-1:00:nxr5Kg\n 75 58 34 75 6f 41 78 73 4a 61 34 63 2f 68 75 4c uX4uoAxsJa4c/huL\n backtrace:\n [<0000000030ce5d4b>] __kmalloc+0x4b/0x130\n [<000000009be1cdc1>] nvme_ctrl_dhchap_secret_store+0x8f/0x160 [nvme_core]\n [<00000000ac06c96a>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x12b/0x1c0\n [<00000000437e7ced>] vfs_write+0x2ba/0x3c0\n [<00000000f9491baf>] ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0\n [<000000001c46513d>] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90\n [<00000000ecf348fe>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc"}], "id": "CVE-2023-53852", "lastModified": "2025-12-09T18:37:13.640", "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-12-09T16:17:25.797", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e9b141307554521d60fecf6bf1d2edc8dd0181d"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a5eda5017959541ab82c5d56bcf784b8294e298"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a836ca33c5b07d34dd5347af9f64d25651d12674"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c41ac086d2abaf7527a5685f9c0a1c209ab7e0aa"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"}

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