{"cve":"CVE-2023-54146","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-24T13:16:16.607","modified":"2026-06-17T06:46:53.167","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nx86/kexec: Fix double-free of elf header buffer\n\nAfter\n\n  b3e34a47f989 (\"x86/kexec: fix memory leak of elf header buffer\"),\n\nfreeing image->elf_headers in the error path of crash_load_segments()\nis not needed because kimage_file_post_load_cleanup() will take\ncare of that later. And not clearing it could result in a double-free.\n\nDrop the superfluous vfree() call at the error path of\ncrash_load_segments().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c71a552b97fb4f46eb300224434fe56fcf4f254","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/554a880a1fff46dd5a355dec21cd77d542a0ddf2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bd3c7abeb69fb4133418b846a1c6dc11313d6f0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d00dd2f2645dca04cf399d8fc692f3f69b6dd996","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbdbf8ac333d3d47c0d9ea81d7d445654431d100"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:18:08.089039631+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-54146","score":0.00199,"percentile":0.09803,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}