CVE-2023-54017
powerpc/pseries: fix possible memory leak in ibmebus_bus_init()
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/pseries: fix possible memory leak in ibmebus_bus_init() If device_register() returns error in ibmebus_bus_init(), name of kobject which is allocated in dev_set_name() called in device_add() is leaked. As comment of device_add() says, it should call put_device() to drop the reference count that was set in device_initialize() when it fails, so the name can be freed in kobject_cleanup().
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 5 months later
· 5 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
No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Deferred.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.22% · top 87% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 – < e4ff88548defafb1ef84facd9856ec252da7b008
- affected d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 – < 3cc4c2f6c266fe5b33a7fa797f31e8b3f06ce58c
- affected d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 – < 7ffe14fce7425c32e735bdc44bce425f18976a49
- affected d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 – < 9f3b2b666833ebef6d0ce5a40e189f38e70342a1
- affected d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 – < d35e7ae10eb8917883da2a0b1823c620a1be42d6
- affected d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 – < 96f27ff732208dce6468016e7a7d5032bd1bfc23
- affected d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 – < ebd8dc974fcc59e2851a0d89ee7935b55142dc8e
- affected d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 – < afda85b963c12947e298ad85d757e333aa40fd74
- affected 2.6.16
- unaffected < 2.6.16
- unaffected 4.14.326 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 4.19.295 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.257 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.197 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.133 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.55 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.5.5 – ≤ 6.5.*
- unaffected 6.6 – ≤ *
References (8)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4ff88548defafb1ef84facd9856ec252da7b008 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cc4c2f6c266fe5b33a7fa797f31e8b3f06ce58c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ffe14fce7425c32e735bdc44bce425f18976a49 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f3b2b666833ebef6d0ce5a40e189f38e70342a1 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d35e7ae10eb8917883da2a0b1823c620a1be42d6 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96f27ff732208dce6468016e7a7d5032bd1bfc23 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebd8dc974fcc59e2851a0d89ee7935b55142dc8e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afda85b963c12947e298ad85d757e333aa40fd74 (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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