CVE-2023-54017

Linux Kernel - Memory Leak in ibmebus_bus_init()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/pseries: fix possible memory leak in ibmebus_bus_init() If device_register() returns error in ibmebus_bus_init(), name of kobject which is allocated in dev_set_name() called in device_add() is leaked. As comment of device_add() says, it should call put_device() to drop the reference count that was set in device_initialize() when it fails, so the name can be freed in kobject_cleanup().

Scores

EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 9.2%

Details

Status published
Products (25)
linux/Kernel 2.6.16 - 4.14.326linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.295linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.257linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.133linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.55linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.197linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.5.5linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.16
Linux/Linux 2.6.16
Linux/Linux 4.14.326 - 4.14.*
... and 15 more
Published Dec 24, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026