Answer in brief
CVE-2023-53174 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in scsi: core: Fix possible memory leak if device_add() fails. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=ee959b00c335d7780136c5abda37809191fe52c3 <63956ad27a6882f01fea7c69e17823090f4c7b3f || >=ee959b00c335d7780136c5abda37809191fe52c3 <06c5340858011aa1195aec43a776e3185fbf7f56 || >=ee959b00c335d7780136c5abda37809191fe52c3 <e12fac07f61caac9c5b186d827658b3470787619 || >=ee959b00c335d7780136c5abda37809191fe52c3 <aa9a76d5ffdecd3b52ac333eb89361b0c9fe04e8 || >=ee959b00c335d7780136c5abda37809191fe52c3 <6bc7f4c8c27d526f968788b8a985896755b1df35 || >=ee959b00c335d7780136c5abda37809191fe52c3 <b191ff1f075c4875f11271cbf0093e6e044a12aa || >=ee959b00c335d7780136c5abda37809191fe52c3 <43c0e16d0c5ec59398b405f4c4aa5a076e656c3f || >=ee959b00c335d7780136c5abda37809191fe52c3 <04b5b5cb0136ce970333a9c6cec7e46adba1ea3a | 63956ad27a6882f01fea7c69e17823090f4c7b3f, 06c5340858011aa1195aec43a776e3185fbf7f56, e12fac07f61caac9c5b186d827658b3470787619, aa9a76d5ffdecd3b52ac333eb89361b0c9fe04e8, 6bc7f4c8c27d526f968788b8a985896755b1df35, b191ff1f075c4875f11271cbf0093e6e044a12aa, 43c0e16d0c5ec59398b405f4c4aa5a076e656c3f, 04b5b5cb0136ce970333a9c6cec7e46adba1ea3a |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 2.6.26 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 15, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: core: 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 decrease the reference count in the error path. So fix this by calling put_device(), then the name can be freed in kobject_cleanp().
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