{"cve":"CVE-2023-53174","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-15T14:15:39.283","modified":"2026-06-17T06:44:26.387","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: core: Fix possible memory leak if device_add() fails\n\nIf device_add() returns error, the name allocated by dev_set_name() needs\nbe freed. As the comment of device_add() says, put_device() should be used\nto decrease the reference count in the error path. So fix this by calling\nput_device(), then the name can be freed in kobject_cleanp().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04b5b5cb0136ce970333a9c6cec7e46adba1ea3a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06c5340858011aa1195aec43a776e3185fbf7f56","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43c0e16d0c5ec59398b405f4c4aa5a076e656c3f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63956ad27a6882f01fea7c69e17823090f4c7b3f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bc7f4c8c27d526f968788b8a985896755b1df35"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:08:41.295252406+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53174","score":0.0016,"percentile":0.05119,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}