CVE-2023-53436
scsi: snic: Fix possible memory leak if device_add() fails
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
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().
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Linux Linux
Version range not reported
- Linux Linux
4.2
References 8
git.kernel.org
- stable/c/789275f7c0544374d40bc8d9c81f96751a41df45
- stable/c/f830968d464f55e11bc9260a132fc77daa266aa3
- stable/c/cea09922f5f75652d55b481ee34011fc7f19868b
- stable/c/58889d5ad74cbc1c9595db74e13522b58b69b0ec
- stable/c/461f8ac666fa232afee5ed6420099913ec4e4ba2
- stable/c/7723a5d5d187626c4c640842e522cf4e9e39492e
- stable/c/ed0acb1ee2e9322b96611635a9ca9303d15ac76c
- stable/c/41320b18a0e0dfb236dba4edb9be12dba1878156