# CVE-2023-53096: interconnect: fix mem leak when freeing nodes

- 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: 5.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: interconnect: fix mem leak when freeing nodes The node link array is allocated when adding links to a node but is not deallocated when nodes are destroyed.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1e3a20c60196c37a402c584d0c9de306ba988ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efae80ca13faa94457208852825731da44a788ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e0b13a1827229a02abef97b50ffaf89ba25370a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3167306455d0fbbbcf08cb25651acc527a86a95e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1722e4113281fb34e5b4fb5c5387b17cd39a537
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5904f415e1af72fa8fe6665aa4f554dc2099a95

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