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().

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

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References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04b5b5cb0136ce970333a9c6cec7e46adba1ea3a cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06c5340858011aa1195aec43a776e3185fbf7f56 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43c0e16d0c5ec59398b405f4c4aa5a076e656c3f cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63956ad27a6882f01fea7c69e17823090f4c7b3f cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bc7f4c8c27d526f968788b8a985896755b1df35 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa9a76d5ffdecd3b52ac333eb89361b0c9fe04e8 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b191ff1f075c4875f11271cbf0093e6e044a12aa cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e12fac07f61caac9c5b186d827658b3470787619 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091555-CVE-2023-53174-ed92@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53174 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53174 cve-icon
History

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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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().
Title scsi: core: Fix possible memory leak if device_add() fails
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-09-15T14:04:08.357Z

Updated: 2025-09-15T14:04:08.357Z

Reserved: 2025-09-15T13:59:19.064Z

Link: CVE-2023-53174

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-15T14:15:39.283

Modified: 2025-09-15T15:22:27.090

Link: CVE-2023-53174

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53174 - Bugzilla