CVE-2023-53174
scsi: core: Fix possible memory leak if device_add() fails
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
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().
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 14 months later
· 14 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.16% · top 95% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected ee959b00c335d7780136c5abda37809191fe52c3 – < 63956ad27a6882f01fea7c69e17823090f4c7b3f
- affected ee959b00c335d7780136c5abda37809191fe52c3 – < 06c5340858011aa1195aec43a776e3185fbf7f56
- affected ee959b00c335d7780136c5abda37809191fe52c3 – < e12fac07f61caac9c5b186d827658b3470787619
- affected ee959b00c335d7780136c5abda37809191fe52c3 – < aa9a76d5ffdecd3b52ac333eb89361b0c9fe04e8
- affected ee959b00c335d7780136c5abda37809191fe52c3 – < 6bc7f4c8c27d526f968788b8a985896755b1df35
- affected ee959b00c335d7780136c5abda37809191fe52c3 – < b191ff1f075c4875f11271cbf0093e6e044a12aa
- affected ee959b00c335d7780136c5abda37809191fe52c3 – < 43c0e16d0c5ec59398b405f4c4aa5a076e656c3f
- affected ee959b00c335d7780136c5abda37809191fe52c3 – < 04b5b5cb0136ce970333a9c6cec7e46adba1ea3a
- affected 2.6.26
- unaffected < 2.6.26
- unaffected 4.14.323 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 4.19.292 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.254 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.191 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.127 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.46 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.4.11 – ≤ 6.4.*
- unaffected 6.5 – ≤ *
References (8)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63956ad27a6882f01fea7c69e17823090f4c7b3f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06c5340858011aa1195aec43a776e3185fbf7f56 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e12fac07f61caac9c5b186d827658b3470787619 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa9a76d5ffdecd3b52ac333eb89361b0c9fe04e8 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bc7f4c8c27d526f968788b8a985896755b1df35 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b191ff1f075c4875f11271cbf0093e6e044a12aa (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43c0e16d0c5ec59398b405f4c4aa5a076e656c3f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04b5b5cb0136ce970333a9c6cec7e46adba1ea3a (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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