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powerpc/pseries: fix possible memory leak in ibmebus_bus_init()
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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().
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.14.326, 4.19.295, 5.10.197, 5.15.133, 5.4.257, 6.1.55, 6.5.5
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-54017
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 17:11 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
powerpc/pseries: fix possible memory leak in ibmebus_bus_init()
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 24 Dec 2025, 10:55 UTC
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().
osv:CVE-2023-54017
Kernel
Fixed versions: 4.14.326, 4.19.295, 5.4.257, 5.10.197, 5.15.133, 6.1.55, 6.5.5
Complete source record
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