CVE-2023-53514
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().
EPSS 0.02% · 4.6th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.0, 6.0, 6.0 |
| Linux | Linux | 8aa5bcb61612060429223d1fbb7a1c30a579fc1f, 6.0, * |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/958c6cbc32996c375af42db96ceba021a1959899 (circl)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dba1aeaaf3d0e2f996cb0a5609e5e85ecf405a5c (circl)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ab0f5ddb761270b11d8c90b8550a59666cfc9bb (circl)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55879dad0f3ae8468444b42f785ad79eac05fe5b (circl)
Timeline
- Jan 21, 1970 Security Advisory
- Oct 1, 2025 EPSS Score
- Oct 1, 2025 CVE Published
- Oct 4, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
- Oct 8, 2025 EPSS Score
- Oct 14, 2025 EPSS Score
- Oct 21, 2025 EPSS Score
- Oct 25, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
- Oct 27, 2025 EPSS Score
- Nov 3, 2025 EPSS Score
- Nov 3, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
- Nov 10, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/958c6cbc32996c375af42db96ceba021a1959899 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dba1aeaaf3d0e2f996cb0a5609e5e85ecf405a5c url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ab0f5ddb761270b11d8c90b8550a59666cfc9bb url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55879dad0f3ae8468444b42f785ad79eac05fe5b url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53514 advisory