CVE-2023-53436scsi: snic: Fix possible memory leak if device_add() fails
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.15%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 96% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: snic: Fix possible memory leak if device_add() fails If device_add() returns error, the name allocated by dev_set_name() needs be freed. As the comment of device_add() says, put_device() should be used to give up the reference in the error path. So fix this by calling put_device(), then the name can be freed in kobject_cleanp().
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.15% · top 96% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected c8806b6c9e824f47726f2a9b7fbbe7ebf19306fa – < 789275f7c0544374d40bc8d9c81f96751a41df45
- affected c8806b6c9e824f47726f2a9b7fbbe7ebf19306fa – < f830968d464f55e11bc9260a132fc77daa266aa3
- affected c8806b6c9e824f47726f2a9b7fbbe7ebf19306fa – < cea09922f5f75652d55b481ee34011fc7f19868b
- affected c8806b6c9e824f47726f2a9b7fbbe7ebf19306fa – < 58889d5ad74cbc1c9595db74e13522b58b69b0ec
- affected c8806b6c9e824f47726f2a9b7fbbe7ebf19306fa – < 461f8ac666fa232afee5ed6420099913ec4e4ba2
- affected c8806b6c9e824f47726f2a9b7fbbe7ebf19306fa – < 7723a5d5d187626c4c640842e522cf4e9e39492e
- affected c8806b6c9e824f47726f2a9b7fbbe7ebf19306fa – < ed0acb1ee2e9322b96611635a9ca9303d15ac76c
- affected c8806b6c9e824f47726f2a9b7fbbe7ebf19306fa – < 41320b18a0e0dfb236dba4edb9be12dba1878156
- affected 4.2
- unaffected < 4.2
- unaffected 4.14.323 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 4.19.292 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.254 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.191 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.127 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.46 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.4.11 – ≤ 6.4.*
- unaffected 6.5 – ≤ *
References
References8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/789275f7c0544374d40bc8d9c81f96751a41df45 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f830968d464f55e11bc9260a132fc77daa266aa3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cea09922f5f75652d55b481ee34011fc7f19868b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58889d5ad74cbc1c9595db74e13522b58b69b0ec (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/461f8ac666fa232afee5ed6420099913ec4e4ba2 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7723a5d5d187626c4c640842e522cf4e9e39492e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed0acb1ee2e9322b96611635a9ca9303d15ac76c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41320b18a0e0dfb236dba4edb9be12dba1878156 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-29850 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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