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CVE-2023-53436 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: snic: 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 give up the reference in the error path. So fix this by calling put_device(), then the name can be freed in kobject_cleanp().


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41320b18a0e0dfb236dba4edb9be12dba1878156 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/461f8ac666fa232afee5ed6420099913ec4e4ba2 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58889d5ad74cbc1c9595db74e13522b58b69b0ec kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7723a5d5d187626c4c640842e522cf4e9e39492e kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/789275f7c0544374d40bc8d9c81f96751a41df45 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cea09922f5f75652d55b481ee34011fc7f19868b kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed0acb1ee2e9322b96611635a9ca9303d15ac76c kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f830968d464f55e11bc9260a132fc77daa266aa3 kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-53436
NVD Published Date:
09/18/2025
NVD Last Modified:
09/18/2025
Source:
kernel.org