CVE-2023-53174

MEDIUM EPSS 4.2%
Published Sep 15, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 15, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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 Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
4.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 12

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥2.6.26  –  <4.14.323
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.15  –  <4.19.292
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.20  –  <5.4.254
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.191
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.127
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.46
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.4.11
linuxlinux_kernel6.5any
linuxlinux_kernel6.5any
linuxlinux_kernel6.5any
linuxlinux_kernel6.5any
linuxlinux_kernel6.5any

References 8

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04b5b5cb0136ce970333a9c6cec7e46adba1ea3a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06c5340858011aa1195aec43a776e3185fbf7f56
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43c0e16d0c5ec59398b405f4c4aa5a076e656c3f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63956ad27a6882f01fea7c69e17823090f4c7b3f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bc7f4c8c27d526f968788b8a985896755b1df35
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa9a76d5ffdecd3b52ac333eb89361b0c9fe04e8
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b191ff1f075c4875f11271cbf0093e6e044a12aa
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e12fac07f61caac9c5b186d827658b3470787619
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04b5b5cb0136ce970333a9c6cec7e46adba1ea3a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06c5340858011aa1195aec43a776e3185fbf7f56
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43c0e16d0c5ec59398b405f4c4aa5a076e656c3f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63956ad27a6882f01fea7c69e17823090f4c7b3f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bc7f4c8c27d526f968788b8a985896755b1df35
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa9a76d5ffdecd3b52ac333eb89361b0c9fe04e8
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b191ff1f075c4875f11271cbf0093e6e044a12aa
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e12fac07f61caac9c5b186d827658b3470787619
    Patch