What is CVE-2023-54294?

CVE-2023-54294 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.16 onward and patched in 4.19.283, 5.4.243, 5.10.180 and others. CVE-2023-54294 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-54294?

CVE-2023-54294 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-54294?

Yes, CVE-2023-54294 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.283, 5.4.243, 5.10.180 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.16 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2023-54294 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-54294 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2023-54294

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid10: fix memleak of md thread In raid10_run(), if setup_conf() succeed and raid10_run() failed before setting 'mddev->thread', then in the error path 'conf->thread' is not freed. Fix the problem by setting 'mddev->thread' right after setup_conf().

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-30

Last modified 2026-04-15

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.16 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.283, 5.4.243, 5.10.180, 5.15.111, 6.1.28, 6.2.15, 6.3.2, 6.4 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.16

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.283 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.243 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.180 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.111 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.28 6.1.x ✓ 6.2.15 6.2.x ✓ 6.3.2 6.3.x ✓ 6.4

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-54294?

CVE-2023-54294 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.16 onward and has been patched in 4.19.283, 5.4.243, 5.10.180 and others. CVE-2023-54294 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-54294?

Yes. CVE-2023-54294 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.283, 5.4.243, 5.10.180 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.16 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2023-54294 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2023-54294 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.