{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-53670","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-10-07T15:16:59.663Z","datePublished":"2025-10-07T15:21:27.626Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:49:38.709Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:49:38.709Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme-core: fix dev_pm_qos memleak\n\nCall dev_pm_qos_hide_latency_tolerance() in the error unwind patch to\navoid following kmemleak:-\n\nblktests (master) # kmemleak-clear; ./check nvme/044;\nblktests (master) # kmemleak-scan ; kmemleak-show\nnvme/044 (Test bi-directional authentication)                [passed]\n    runtime  2.111s  ...  2.124s\nunreferenced object 0xffff888110c46240 (size 96):\n  comm \"nvme\", pid 33461, jiffies 4345365353 (age 75.586s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n  backtrace:\n    [<0000000069ac2cec>] kmalloc_trace+0x25/0x90\n    [<000000006acc66d5>] dev_pm_qos_update_user_latency_tolerance+0x6f/0x100\n    [<00000000cc376ea7>] nvme_init_ctrl+0x38e/0x410 [nvme_core]\n    [<000000007df61b4b>] 0xffffffffc05e88b3\n    [<00000000d152b985>] 0xffffffffc05744cb\n    [<00000000f04a4041>] vfs_write+0xc5/0x3c0\n    [<00000000f9491baf>] ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0\n    [<000000001c46513d>] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90\n    [<00000000ecf348fe>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc"}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/nvme/host/core.c"],"versions":[{"version":"f50fff73d620cd6e8f48bc58d4f1c944615a3fea","lessThan":"e1379e067b9485e5af03399fe3f0d39bccb023ad","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"f50fff73d620cd6e8f48bc58d4f1c944615a3fea","lessThan":"7237c26431cc78e5ec3259f4350f3dd58f6a4319","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"f50fff73d620cd6e8f48bc58d4f1c944615a3fea","lessThan":"2ed9a89192e3192e5fea7ff6475c8722513f325e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"f50fff73d620cd6e8f48bc58d4f1c944615a3fea","lessThan":"7ed5cf8e6d9bfb6a78d0471317edff14f0f2b4dd","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/nvme/host/core.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.39","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.3.13","lessThanOrEqual":"6.3.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.4.4","lessThanOrEqual":"6.4.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.5","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.0","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.39"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.0","versionEndExcluding":"6.3.13"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.0","versionEndExcluding":"6.4.4"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.0","versionEndExcluding":"6.5"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1379e067b9485e5af03399fe3f0d39bccb023ad"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7237c26431cc78e5ec3259f4350f3dd58f6a4319"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ed9a89192e3192e5fea7ff6475c8722513f325e"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ed5cf8e6d9bfb6a78d0471317edff14f0f2b4dd"}],"title":"nvme-core: fix dev_pm_qos memleak","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}