{"id":"CVE-2023-53514","summary":"gpu: host1x: Fix memory leak of device names","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpu: host1x: Fix memory leak of device names\n\nThe device names allocated by dev_set_name() need be freed\nbefore module unloading, but they can not be freed because\nthe kobject's refcount which was set in device_initialize()\nhas not be decreased to 0.\n\nAs comment of device_add() says, if it fails, use only\nput_device() drop the refcount, then the name will be\nfreed in kobejct_cleanup().\n\ndevice_del() and put_device() can be replaced with\ndevice_unregister(), so call it to unregister the added\nsuccessfully devices, and just call put_device() to the\nnot added device.\n\nAdd a release() function to device to avoid null release()\nfunction WARNING in device_release(), it's empty, because\nthe context devices are freed together in\nhost1x_memory_context_list_free().","modified":"2026-04-02T09:44:21.930997Z","published":"2025-10-01T11:46:02.393Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53514.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ab0f5ddb761270b11d8c90b8550a59666cfc9bb"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55879dad0f3ae8468444b42f785ad79eac05fe5b"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/958c6cbc32996c375af42db96ceba021a1959899"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dba1aeaaf3d0e2f996cb0a5609e5e85ecf405a5c"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53514.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53514"},{"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":"8aa5bcb61612060429223d1fbb7a1c30a579fc1f"},{"fixed":"958c6cbc32996c375af42db96ceba021a1959899"},{"fixed":"dba1aeaaf3d0e2f996cb0a5609e5e85ecf405a5c"},{"fixed":"3ab0f5ddb761270b11d8c90b8550a59666cfc9bb"},{"fixed":"55879dad0f3ae8468444b42f785ad79eac05fe5b"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53514.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}