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CVE-2023-54017

kernel: powerpc/pseries: fix possible memory leak in ibmebus_bus_init()

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Severity

Unknown

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CVSS

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Published · December 24, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

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().

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CWE not specified