CVE-2023-53132 scsi: mpi3mr: Fix mpi3mr_hba_port memory leak in mpi3mr_remove()

What is CVE-2023-53132?

CVE-2023-53132 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: mpi3mr: Fix mpi3mr_hba_port memory leak in mpi3mr_remove()

Free mpi3mr_hba_port at .remove.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53132?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2023-53132?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2023-53132 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-53132 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-53132, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53132, GHSA-g58p-qmvj-gqrv, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53132.