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CVE-2023-53594— driver core: fix resource leak in device_add()

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Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于kobject_add失败时未正确清理资源，可能导致资源泄漏。

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Affected Version Matrix 18

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux cebf8fd16900fdfd58c0028617944f808f97fe50< 8d389e363075c2e1deb84a560686ea92123e4b8b affected
cebf8fd16900fdfd58c0028617944f808f97fe50< d1dbff10c6cd3b43457f3efd3c9c4950009635bf affected
cebf8fd16900fdfd58c0028617944f808f97fe50< f39d21154db87545d8f0b25d13c326f37cc32239 affected
cebf8fd16900fdfd58c0028617944f808f97fe50< 6977b1a5d67097eaa4d02b0c126c04cc6e8917c0 affected
e7f6e3c9db4b6f259c89fd05728d024ab32acd71 affected
a93a63333dbdb182b87e8cc99df8b4474f867acb affected
37de955c11b59050346e530143c20b10b4846527 affected
645897231f960590220144b06d1f994b7eb88326 affected
… +10 more rows
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2023-53594

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Vulnerability Title
driver core: fix resource leak in device_add()
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: driver core: fix resource leak in device_add() When calling kobject_add() failed in device_add(), it will call cleanup_glue_dir() to free resource. But in kobject_add(), dev->kobj.parent has been set to NULL. This will cause resource leak. The process is as follows: device_add() get_device_parent() class_dir_create_and_add() kobject_add() //kobject_get() ... dev->kobj.parent = kobj; ... kobject_add() //failed, but set dev->kobj.parent = NULL ... glue_dir = get_glue_dir(dev) //glue_dir = NULL, and goto //"Error" label ... cleanup_glue_dir() //becaues glue_dir is NULL, not call //kobject_put() The preceding problem may cause insmod mac80211_hwsim.ko to failed. sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/virtual/mac80211_hwsim' Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x8e/0xd1 sysfs_warn_dup.cold+0x1c/0x29 sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x224/0x280 kobject_add_internal+0x2aa/0x880 kobject_add+0x135/0x1a0 get_device_parent+0x3d7/0x590 device_add+0x2aa/0x1cb0 device_create_groups_vargs+0x1eb/0x260 device_create+0xdc/0x110 mac80211_hwsim_new_radio+0x31e/0x4790 [mac80211_hwsim] init_mac80211_hwsim+0x48d/0x1000 [mac80211_hwsim] do_one_initcall+0x10f/0x630 do_init_module+0x19f/0x5e0 load_module+0x64b7/0x6eb0 __do_sys_finit_module+0x140/0x200 do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 </TASK> kobject_add_internal failed for mac80211_hwsim with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于kobject_add失败时未正确清理资源，可能导致资源泄漏。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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Linux Linux cebf8fd16900fdfd58c0028617944f808f97fe50 ~ 8d389e363075c2e1deb84a560686ea92123e4b8b -
Linux Linux 4.9 -

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Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-10-04 · 144 CVEs total

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CVE-2025-39952 8.8 HIGH wifi: wilc1000: avoid buffer overflow in WID string configuration
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CVE-2023-53586 8.8 HIGH scsi: target: Fix multiple LUN_RESET handling
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CVE-2023-53598 8.4 HIGH bus: mhi: host: Range check CHDBOFF and ERDBOFF
CVE-2023-53566 7.8 HIGH netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: fix null deref on element insertion
CVE-2023-53536 7.8 HIGH blk-crypto: make blk_crypto_evict_key() more robust
CVE-2023-53560 7.8 HIGH tracing/histograms: Add histograms to hist_vars if they have referenced variables
CVE-2023-53559 7.8 HIGH ip_vti: fix potential slab-use-after-free in decode_session6
CVE-2023-53557 7.8 HIGH fprobe: Release rethook after the ftrace_ops is unregistered
CVE-2023-53537 7.8 HIGH f2fs: fix to avoid use-after-free for cached IPU bio
CVE-2023-53539 7.8 HIGH RDMA/rxe: Fix incomplete state save in rxe_requester
CVE-2023-53545 7.8 HIGH drm/amdgpu: unmap and remove csa_va properly

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