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CVE-2023-54231

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-54231 addresses a memory leak in the Linux kernel's networking subsystem (net: libwx). Specifically, it occurs when wx_alloc_page_pool() fails within wx_setup_rx_resources(), neglecting to release DMA buffers. The fix involves adding dma_free_coherent() to the error path to prevent this leak. This vulnerability has no assigned CVSS score, a very low EPSS score, and a FAUCET Risk Score of 7/100, indicating low severity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
LinuxLinux
6.3CNA affecteddefault affected
LinuxLinux
>= 850b971110b20cbcc2367516fefe78e84fec7d79, < 2371e1ecd445baf793a74db00ea6b2a2bc13c4c0, >= 850b971110b20cbcc2367516fefe78e84fec7d79, < e315e7b83a22043bffee450437d7089ef373cbf6CNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS data has not been published for this CVE.

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
5.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15

Social Chatter

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-54231Moderate

kernel: net: libwx: fix memory leak in wx_setup_rx_resources

Dec 30, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/2371e1ecd445baf793a74db00ea6b2a2bc13c4c0
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e315e7b83a22043bffee450437d7089ef373cbf6