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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: drivers: base: Free devm resources when unregistering a device", "id": "2401501", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2401501"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\ndrivers: base: Free devm resources when unregistering a device\nIn the current code, devres_release_all() only gets called if the device\nhas a bus and has been probed.\nThis leads to issues when using bus-less or driver-less devices where\nthe device might never get freed if a managed resource holds a reference\nto the device. This is happening in the DRM framework for example.\nWe should thus call devres_release_all() in the device_del() function to\nmake sure that the device-managed actions are properly executed when the\ndevice is unregistered, even if it has neither a bus nor a driver.\nThis is effectively the same change than commit 2f8d16a996da (\"devres:\nrelease resources on device_del()\") that got reverted by commit\na525a3ddeaca (\"driver core: free devres in device_release\") over\nmemory leaks concerns.\nThis patch effectively combines the two commits mentioned above to\nrelease the resources both on device_del() and device_release() and get\nthe best of both worlds."], "name": "CVE-2023-53596", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:rhivos:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System 1"}], "public_date": "2025-10-04T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53596\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53596\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100429-CVE-2023-53596-dbfb@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Low"}