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xfrm: Fix leak of dev tracker

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: Fix leak of dev tracker At the stage of direction checks, the netdev reference tracker is already initialized, but released with wrong *_put() call.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.3.4
CVEs
CVE-2023-54273
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 14:28 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

xfrm: Fix leak of dev tracker

core-osv · Original source

Published 30 Dec 2025, 12:16 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: Fix leak of dev tracker At the stage of direction checks, the netdev reference tracker is already initialized, but released with wrong *_put() call.

osv:CVE-2023-54273

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.3.4

Complete source record
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