CVE-2023-53174
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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().
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.16% probability · 5th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04b5b5cb0136ce970333a9c6cec7e46adba1ea3aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06c5340858011aa1195aec43a776e3185fbf7f56Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43c0e16d0c5ec59398b405f4c4aa5a076e656c3fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63956ad27a6882f01fea7c69e17823090f4c7b3fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bc7f4c8c27d526f968788b8a985896755b1df35Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa9a76d5ffdecd3b52ac333eb89361b0c9fe04e8Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b191ff1f075c4875f11271cbf0093e6e044a12aaPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e12fac07f61caac9c5b186d827658b3470787619Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.