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CVE-2023-54017

UNSCORED
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Description

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().

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:5.10.197-1CVE-2023-54017
Fixed in:6.1.55-1CVE-2023-54017
Fixed in:6.5.6-1CVE-2023-54017
Fixed in:6.5.6-1CVE-2023-54017

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3.1 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days
8thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 8% of all known CVEs.

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