{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "8aa5bcb61612060429223d1fbb7a1c30a579fc1f"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "958c6cbc32996c375af42db96ceba021a1959899"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "dba1aeaaf3d0e2f996cb0a5609e5e85ecf405a5c"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3ab0f5ddb761270b11d8c90b8550a59666cfc9bb"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "55879dad0f3ae8468444b42f785ad79eac05fe5b"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53514.json"
  },
  "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().",
  "id": "CVE-2023-53514",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T23:08:54.308385842Z",
  "published": "2025-10-01T11:46:02.393Z",
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "summary": "gpu: host1x: Fix memory leak of device names"
}