{"cve":"CVE-2023-53670","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-07T16:15:50.880","modified":"2026-06-17T06:45:50.277","status":"Analyzed","description":"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","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ed9a89192e3192e5fea7ff6475c8722513f325e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7237c26431cc78e5ec3259f4350f3dd58f6a4319","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ed5cf8e6d9bfb6a78d0471317edff14f0f2b4dd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1379e067b9485e5af03399fe3f0d39bccb023ad"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:11:26.888974865+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53670","score":0.0016,"percentile":0.05134,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}