# CVE-2023-53604: dm integrity: call kmem\_cache\_destroy() in dm\_integrity\_init() error path

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-04 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm integrity: call kmem_cache_destroy() in dm_integrity_init() error path Otherwise the journal_io_cache will leak if dm_register_target() fails.

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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/ff4d6b5b38429a7731e5593680d2138bf74dd546
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca8b634fdf07dee3f6dfde57079c4511480b525e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d126899b0747305c9d39a0bcf87e0df9c3f555b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44f29e93a55b544dc961b6f8b4e93abaeaafb9ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5d8c6bf58e5b2e70fbc15f3b08dfc1ba6f269ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3877b5c1509b16eeb1f275228fd91789cd88cf17
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8c9c50268729bf35f6c9bb1205f490db920454e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e09a592fdd6c716506774bdbebb5f6c537b47767
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b79a428c02769f2a11f8ae76bf866226d134887

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