CVE-2023-53436
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: snic: 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 (0.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: snic: 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 give up the reference 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
- 0.14% probability · 4th 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/41320b18a0e0dfb236dba4edb9be12dba1878156Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/461f8ac666fa232afee5ed6420099913ec4e4ba2Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58889d5ad74cbc1c9595db74e13522b58b69b0ecPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7723a5d5d187626c4c640842e522cf4e9e39492ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/789275f7c0544374d40bc8d9c81f96751a41df45Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cea09922f5f75652d55b481ee34011fc7f19868bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed0acb1ee2e9322b96611635a9ca9303d15ac76cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f830968d464f55e11bc9260a132fc77daa266aa3Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.