CVE-2023-54017

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

published December 24, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00220 · 11.9th percentile
Published
2025-12-24T10:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 DEC 10:55Z
    powerpc/pseries: fix possible memory leak in ibmebus_bus_init()
    cvelistv5