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CVE-2023-54017powerpc/pseries: fix possible memory leak in ibmebus_bus_init()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 5:23 PM ET)

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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().

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 before e4ff88548defafb1ef84facd9856ec252da7b008; from d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 before 3cc4c2f6c266fe5b33a7fa797f31e8b3f06ce58c; from d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 before 7ffe14fce7425c32e735bdc44bce425f18976a49; from d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 before 9f3b2b666833ebef6d0ce5a40e189f38e70342a1; from d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 before d35e7ae10eb8917883da2a0b1823c620a1be42d6; from d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 before 96f27ff732208dce6468016e7a7d5032bd1bfc23; from d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 before ebd8dc974fcc59e2851a0d89ee7935b55142dc8e; from d7a301033f1990188f65abf4fe8e5b90ef0e3888 before afda85b963c12947e298ad85d757e333aa40fd74	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4ff88548defafb1ef84facd9856ec252da7b008
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cc4c2f6c266fe5b33a7fa797f31e8b3f06ce58c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ffe14fce7425c32e735bdc44bce425f18976a49
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f3b2b666833ebef6d0ce5a40e189f38e70342a1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d35e7ae10eb8917883da2a0b1823c620a1be42d6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96f27ff732208dce6468016e7a7d5032bd1bfc23
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebd8dc974fcc59e2851a0d89ee7935b55142dc8e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afda85b963c12947e298ad85d757e333aa40fd74

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