CVE-2023-53514

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in GPU Host1x Device Name Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpu: host1x: Fix memory leak of device names The device names allocated by dev_set_name() need be freed before module unloading, but they can not be freed because the kobject's refcount which was set in device_initialize() has not be decreased to 0. As comment of device_add() says, if it fails, use only put_device() drop the refcount, then the name will be freed in kobejct_cleanup(). device_del() and put_device() can be replaced with device_unregister(), so call it to unregister the added successfully devices, and just call put_device() to the not added device. Add a release() function to device to avoid null release() function WARNING in device_release(), it's empty, because the context devices are freed together in host1x_memory_context_list_free().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 3.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (11)
Linux/Linux < 6.0
Linux/Linux 6.0
Linux/Linux 6.1.28 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2.15 - 6.2.*
Linux/Linux 6.3.2 - 6.3.*
Linux/Linux 6.4
Linux/Linux 8aa5bcb61612060429223d1fbb7a1c30a579fc1f - 3ab0f5ddb761270b11d8c90b8550a59666cfc9bb
Linux/Linux 8aa5bcb61612060429223d1fbb7a1c30a579fc1f - 55879dad0f3ae8468444b42f785ad79eac05fe5b
Linux/Linux 8aa5bcb61612060429223d1fbb7a1c30a579fc1f - 958c6cbc32996c375af42db96ceba021a1959899
Linux/Linux 8aa5bcb61612060429223d1fbb7a1c30a579fc1f - dba1aeaaf3d0e2f996cb0a5609e5e85ecf405a5c
... and 1 more
Published Oct 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026