CVE-2023-54146 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-54146

x86/kexec: Fix double-free of elf header buffer

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/kexec: Fix double-free of elf header buffer After b3e34a47f989 ("x86/kexec: fix memory leak of elf header buffer"), freeing image->elf_headers in the error path of crash_load_segments() is not needed because kimage_file_post_load_cleanup() will take care of that later. And not clearing it could result in a double-free. Drop the superfluous vfree() call at the error path of crash_load_segments().

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
23cf39dccf7653650701a6f39b119e9116a27f1a, 8765a423a87d74ef24ea02b43b2728fe4039f248, b3e34a47f98974d0844444c5121aaff123004e57, 115ee42a4c2f26ba2b4ace2668a3f004621f6833, f675e3a9189d84a9324ab45b0cb19906c2bc8fcb, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3, 5.19, 0, 5.15.87, 6.0.19, 6.1.5, 6.2

Timeline

Official Publish: December 24th, 2025
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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