{"id":"CVE-2023-53012","summary":"thermal: core: call put_device() only after device_register() fails","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nthermal: core: call put_device() only after device_register() fails\n\nput_device() shouldn't be called before a prior call to\ndevice_register(). __thermal_cooling_device_register() doesn't follow\nthat properly and needs fixing. Also\nthermal_cooling_device_destroy_sysfs() is getting called unnecessarily\non few error paths.\n\nFix all this by placing the calls at the right place.\n\nBased on initial work done by Caleb Connolly.","modified":"2026-04-02T09:43:34.189737Z","published":"2025-03-27T16:43:41.693Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53012.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2846a7412f6246fd5171f51011bf76dfebcec0ee"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c54b7bc8a31ce0f7cc7f8deef05067df414f1d8"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7d736cc3c6cb0d7498bbfb56515d414e35e9510"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53012.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53012"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"108a6f91e2766a6d9142b1f2d90c07ac547eae7e"},{"fixed":"a7d736cc3c6cb0d7498bbfb56515d414e35e9510"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"80bb3b901abe6560620505e5c734d140c4f73a07"},{"fixed":"2846a7412f6246fd5171f51011bf76dfebcec0ee"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"c408b3d1d9bbc7de5fb0304fea424ef2539da616"},{"fixed":"6c54b7bc8a31ce0f7cc7f8deef05067df414f1d8"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"5139cbc0c6e4bf2fcffc9a7ed4350bf6985bc561"},{"last_affected":"c4c435d3637b5d0abaa6447c7366c3674364968a"},{"last_affected":"e0d8b51bbe84d6a98c162e06344de2d773d9e722"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53012.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}