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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().

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-12-24 | Published 2025-12-24 | Updated 2026-01-05 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 (git) before e4ff88548defafb1ef84facd9856ec252da7b008
affected

d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 (git) before 3cc4c2f6c266fe5b33a7fa797f31e8b3f06ce58c
affected

d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 (git) before 7ffe14fce7425c32e735bdc44bce425f18976a49
affected

d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 (git) before 9f3b2b666833ebef6d0ce5a40e189f38e70342a1
affected

d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 (git) before d35e7ae10eb8917883da2a0b1823c620a1be42d6
affected

d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 (git) before 96f27ff732208dce6468016e7a7d5032bd1bfc23
affected

d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 (git) before ebd8dc974fcc59e2851a0d89ee7935b55142dc8e
affected

d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 (git) before afda85b963c12947e298ad85d757e333aa40fd74
affected

Default status
affected

2.6.16
affected

Any version before 2.6.16
unaffected

4.14.326 (semver)
unaffected

4.19.295 (semver)
unaffected

5.4.257 (semver)
unaffected

5.10.197 (semver)
unaffected

5.15.133 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.55 (semver)
unaffected

6.5.5 (semver)
unaffected

6.6 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/e4ff88548defafb1ef84facd9856ec252da7b008

git.kernel.org/...c/3cc4c2f6c266fe5b33a7fa797f31e8b3f06ce58c

git.kernel.org/...c/7ffe14fce7425c32e735bdc44bce425f18976a49

git.kernel.org/...c/9f3b2b666833ebef6d0ce5a40e189f38e70342a1

git.kernel.org/...c/d35e7ae10eb8917883da2a0b1823c620a1be42d6

git.kernel.org/...c/96f27ff732208dce6468016e7a7d5032bd1bfc23

git.kernel.org/...c/ebd8dc974fcc59e2851a0d89ee7935b55142dc8e

git.kernel.org/...c/afda85b963c12947e298ad85d757e333aa40fd74

cve.org (CVE-2023-54017)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-54017)

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