# CVE-2023-53069: octeontx2-vf: Add missing free for alloc\_percpu

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-05-02 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-vf: Add missing free for alloc_percpu Add the free_percpu for the allocated "vf->hw.lmt_info" in order to avoid memory leak, same as the "pf->hw.lmt_info" in `drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c`.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90874b76e5f82eaa3309714d72ff2cd8bb8d1b02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/840631bcf21f58c0a3f01378a54d79e9ce86b226
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/813b590840771890c738ce6dbfd0c5938a1bafb9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f038f3917baf04835ba2b7bcf2a04ac93fbf8a9c

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