#VU120634 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-54294
Published: December 30, 2025 / Updated: December 31, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU120634
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-54294
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the raid10_run() function in drivers/md/raid10.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a65555f7e0f4a05b663879908a991e6d9f81e51
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36ba0c7b86acd9c2ea80a273204d52c21c955471
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3725b35fc0e5e4eea0434ef625f3d92f3059d080
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d763f708b0f918fb87799e33c25113ae6081216
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abf4d67060c8f63caff096e5fca1564bfef1e5d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6cfcf98b824591cffa4c1e9889fb4fa619359fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec473e82e10d39a02eb59b0b95e546119a3bdb79
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0ddb83da3cbbf8a1f9087a642c448ff52ee9abd
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.283
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.180
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.111
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.243
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.28
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.15
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.3.2
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.4