Answer in brief
CVE-2023-53670 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in nvme-core: fix dev_pm_qos memleak. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=f50fff73d620cd6e8f48bc58d4f1c944615a3fea <e1379e067b9485e5af03399fe3f0d39bccb023ad || >=f50fff73d620cd6e8f48bc58d4f1c944615a3fea <7237c26431cc78e5ec3259f4350f3dd58f6a4319 || >=f50fff73d620cd6e8f48bc58d4f1c944615a3fea <2ed9a89192e3192e5fea7ff6475c8722513f325e || >=f50fff73d620cd6e8f48bc58d4f1c944615a3fea <7ed5cf8e6d9bfb6a78d0471317edff14f0f2b4dd | e1379e067b9485e5af03399fe3f0d39bccb023ad, 7237c26431cc78e5ec3259f4350f3dd58f6a4319, 2ed9a89192e3192e5fea7ff6475c8722513f325e, 7ed5cf8e6d9bfb6a78d0471317edff14f0f2b4dd |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.0 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Oct 7, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-core: fix dev_pm_qos memleak Call dev_pm_qos_hide_latency_tolerance() in the error unwind patch to avoid following kmemleak:- blktests (master) # kmemleak-clear; ./check nvme/044; blktests (master) # kmemleak-scan ; kmemleak-show nvme/044 (Test bi-directional authentication) [passed] runtime 2.111s ... 2.124s unreferenced object 0xffff888110c46240 (size 96): comm "nvme", pid 33461, jiffies 4345365353 (age 75.586s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<0000000069ac2cec>] kmalloc_trace+0x25/0x90 [<000000006acc66d5>] dev_pm_qos_update_user_latency_tolerance+0x6f/0x100 [<00000000cc376ea7>] nvme_init_ctrl+0x38e/0x410 [nvme_core] [<000000007df61b4b>] 0xffffffffc05e88b3 [<00000000d152b985>] 0xffffffffc05744cb [<00000000f04a4041>] vfs_write+0xc5/0x3c0 [<00000000f9491baf>] ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0 [<000000001c46513d>] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [<00000000ecf348fe>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
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