fkie_cve-2023-53278
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-09-16 08:15
Modified
2025-09-16 12:49
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ubifs: Fix memory leak in ubifs_sysfs_init() When insmod ubifs.ko, a kmemleak reported as below: unreferenced object 0xffff88817fb1a780 (size 8): comm "insmod", pid 25265, jiffies 4295239702 (age 100.130s) hex dump (first 8 bytes): 75 62 69 66 73 00 ff ff ubifs... backtrace: [<ffffffff81b3fc4c>] slab_post_alloc_hook+0x9c/0x3c0 [<ffffffff81b44bf3>] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x183/0x410 [<ffffffff8198d3da>] kstrdup+0x3a/0x80 [<ffffffff8198d486>] kstrdup_const+0x66/0x80 [<ffffffff83989325>] kvasprintf_const+0x155/0x190 [<ffffffff83bf55bb>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x5b/0x150 [<ffffffff83bf576b>] kobject_set_name+0xbb/0xf0 [<ffffffff8100204c>] do_one_initcall+0x14c/0x5a0 [<ffffffff8157e380>] do_init_module+0x1f0/0x660 [<ffffffff815857be>] load_module+0x6d7e/0x7590 [<ffffffff8158644f>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x19f/0x230 [<ffffffff815866b3>] __x64_sys_finit_module+0x73/0xb0 [<ffffffff88c98e85>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [<ffffffff88e00087>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd When kset_register() failed, we should call kset_put to cleanup it.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c5fdf2d4647219d2267ccb08c7f2c7095bf3450
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/203a55f04f66eea1a1ca7e5a302a7f5c99c62327
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d42c2b18c42da7378e67b6414aafe93b65de89d1
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{
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nubifs: Fix memory leak in ubifs_sysfs_init()\n\nWhen insmod ubifs.ko, a kmemleak reported as below:\n\n unreferenced object 0xffff88817fb1a780 (size 8):\n   comm \"insmod\", pid 25265, jiffies 4295239702 (age 100.130s)\n   hex dump (first 8 bytes):\n     75 62 69 66 73 00 ff ff                          ubifs...\n   backtrace:\n     [\u003cffffffff81b3fc4c\u003e] slab_post_alloc_hook+0x9c/0x3c0\n     [\u003cffffffff81b44bf3\u003e] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x183/0x410\n     [\u003cffffffff8198d3da\u003e] kstrdup+0x3a/0x80\n     [\u003cffffffff8198d486\u003e] kstrdup_const+0x66/0x80\n     [\u003cffffffff83989325\u003e] kvasprintf_const+0x155/0x190\n     [\u003cffffffff83bf55bb\u003e] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x5b/0x150\n     [\u003cffffffff83bf576b\u003e] kobject_set_name+0xbb/0xf0\n     [\u003cffffffff8100204c\u003e] do_one_initcall+0x14c/0x5a0\n     [\u003cffffffff8157e380\u003e] do_init_module+0x1f0/0x660\n     [\u003cffffffff815857be\u003e] load_module+0x6d7e/0x7590\n     [\u003cffffffff8158644f\u003e] __do_sys_finit_module+0x19f/0x230\n     [\u003cffffffff815866b3\u003e] __x64_sys_finit_module+0x73/0xb0\n     [\u003cffffffff88c98e85\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80\n     [\u003cffffffff88e00087\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\n\nWhen kset_register() failed, we should call kset_put to cleanup it."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-53278",
  "lastModified": "2025-09-16T12:49:16.060",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-09-16T08:15:36.697",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c5fdf2d4647219d2267ccb08c7f2c7095bf3450"
    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/203a55f04f66eea1a1ca7e5a302a7f5c99c62327"
    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d42c2b18c42da7378e67b6414aafe93b65de89d1"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}


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