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Explicitly queue up freeing of the 'current_tx' descriptor\nto address a memory leak that is otherwise present.","publishedAt":"2025-12-30T12:08:57.226Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T19:57:10.116Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"b127315d9a78c011c011b88b92f650510edcfbd2","status":"affected","lessThan":"b7abd535881a48587961c2099b1d2933ebd42c4b","versionType":"git"},{"version":"b127315d9a78c011c011b88b92f650510edcfbd2","status":"affected","lessThan":"fd4d88e68c75caf5c6f8293a36bc3ae289e0369e","versionType":"git"},{"version":"b127315d9a78c011c011b88b92f650510edcfbd2","status":"affected","lessThan":"d9503be5a100c553731c0e8a82c7b4201e8a970c","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/dma/apple-admac.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.0","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.0","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.25","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.2.12","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/dma/apple-admac.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7abd535881a48587961c2099b1d2933ebd42c4b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd4d88e68c75caf5c6f8293a36bc3ae289e0369e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9503be5a100c553731c0e8a82c7b4201e8a970c"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:06:42.242Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2023/54xxx/CVE-2023-54188.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-54188","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-12-30T12:08:57.226Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:57:10.116Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-12-30T12:06:44.498Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"dmaengine: apple-admac: Fix 'current_tx' not getting freed","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndmaengine: apple-admac: Fix 'current_tx' not getting freed\n\nIn terminate_all we should queue up all submitted descriptors to be\nfreed. 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