CVE-2023-53174
scsi: core: Fix possible memory leak if device_add() fails
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: core: Fix possible memory leak if device_add() fails If device_add() returns error, the name allocated by dev_set_name() needs
be freed. As the comment of device_add() says, put_device() should be used
to decrease the reference count in the error path. So fix this by calling
put_device(), then the name can be freed in kobject_cleanp().
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: core: Fix possible memory leak if device_add() fails If device_add() returns error, the name allocated by dev_set_name() needs be freed. As the comment of device_add() says, put_device() should be used to decrease the reference count in the error path. So fix this by calling put_device(), then the name can be freed in kobject_cleanp().
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2025-09-15 CVE Reserved
- 2025-09-15 CVE Published
- 2025-09-15 CVE Updated
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- ---------- Exploited in Wild
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- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
References (9)
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| https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee959b00c335d7780136c5abda37809191fe52c3 | Vuln. Introduced |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 2.6.26 < 4.14.323 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.26 < 4.14.323" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 2.6.26 < 4.19.292 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.26 < 4.19.292" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 2.6.26 < 5.4.254 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.26 < 5.4.254" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 2.6.26 < 5.10.191 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.26 < 5.10.191" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 2.6.26 < 5.15.127 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.26 < 5.15.127" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 2.6.26 < 6.1.46 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.26 < 6.1.46" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 2.6.26 < 6.4.11 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.26 < 6.4.11" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 2.6.26 < 6.5 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 2.6.26 < 6.5" | en |
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