NTB: fix possible name leak in ntb_register_device()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NTB: fix possible name leak in ntb_register_device() If device_register() fails in ntb_register_device(), the device name allocated by dev_set_name() should be freed. As per the comment in device_register(), callers should use put_device() to give up the reference in the error path. So fix this by calling put_device() in the error path so that the name can be freed in kobject_cleanup(). As a result of this, put_device() in the error path of ntb_register_device() is removed and the actual error is returned. [mani: reworded commit message]
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.15.153, 6.1.83, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-52652
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 02:53 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
NTB: fix possible name leak in ntb_register_device()
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 1 May 2024, 13:03 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NTB: fix possible name leak in ntb_register_device() If device_register() fails in ntb_register_device(), the device name allocated by dev_set_name() should be freed. As per the comment in device_register(), callers should use put_device() to give up the reference in the error path. So fix this by calling put_device() in the error path so that the name can be freed in kobject_cleanup(). As a result of this, put_device() in the error path of ntb_register_device() is removed and the actual error is returned. [mani: reworded commit message]
osv:CVE-2023-52652
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.15.153, 6.1.83, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2
Complete source record
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"summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NTB: fix possible name leak in ntb_register_device() If device_register() fails in ntb_register_device(), the device name allocated by dev_set_name() should be freed. As per the comment in device_register(), callers should use put_device() to give up the reference in the error path. So fix this by calling put_device() in the error path so that the name can be freed in kobject_cleanup(). As a result of this, put_device() in the error path of ntb_register_device() is removed and the actual error is returned. [mani: reworded commit message]",
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