---
id: CVE-2023-53096
title: 'interconnect: fix mem leak when freeing nodes'
summary: |-
  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.
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d <
    f1e3a20c60196c37a402c584d0c9de306ba988ce
  - >-
    Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d <
    efae80ca13faa94457208852825731da44a788ad
  - >-
    Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d <
    2e0b13a1827229a02abef97b50ffaf89ba25370a
  - >-
    Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d <
    3167306455d0fbbbcf08cb25651acc527a86a95e
  - >-
    Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d <
    c1722e4113281fb34e5b4fb5c5387b17cd39a537
  - >-
    Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d <
    a5904f415e1af72fa8fe6665aa4f554dc2099a95
  - Linux 5.1
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-05T20:17:10.315960Z'
published: '2025-05-02'
updated: '2026-11-05'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-05T20:21:00.796Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53096'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1e3a20c60196c37a402c584d0c9de306ba988ce'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efae80ca13faa94457208852825731da44a788ad'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e0b13a1827229a02abef97b50ffaf89ba25370a'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3167306455d0fbbbcf08cb25651acc527a86a95e'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1722e4113281fb34e5b4fb5c5387b17cd39a537'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5904f415e1af72fa8fe6665aa4f554dc2099a95'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00202
epssPercentile: 0.10262
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T22:38:31.769Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d < f1e3a20c60196c37a402c584d0c9de306ba988ce`
- `Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d < efae80ca13faa94457208852825731da44a788ad`
- `Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d < 2e0b13a1827229a02abef97b50ffaf89ba25370a`
- `Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d < 3167306455d0fbbbcf08cb25651acc527a86a95e`
- `Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d < c1722e4113281fb34e5b4fb5c5387b17cd39a537`
- `Linux >= 11f1ceca7031deefc1a34236ab7b94360016b71d < a5904f415e1af72fa8fe6665aa4f554dc2099a95`
- `Linux 5.1`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.