Vulnerability · Published Oct 4, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-53596drivers: base: Free devm resources when unregistering a device

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: base: Free devm resources when unregistering a device In the current code, devres_release_all() only gets called if the device has a bus and has been probed. This leads to issues when using bus-less or driver-less devices where the device might never get freed if a managed resource holds a reference to the device. This is happening in the DRM framework for example. We should thus call devres_release_all() in the device_del() function to make sure that the device-managed actions are properly executed when the device is unregistered, even if it has neither a bus nor a driver. This is effectively the same change than commit 2f8d16a996da ("devres: release resources on device_del()") that got reverted by commit a525a3ddeaca ("driver core: free devres in device_release") over memory leaks concerns. This patch effectively combines the two commits mentioned above to release the resources both on device_del() and device_release() and get the best of both worlds.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.55-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53596
Debian:13linux6.5.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53596
Debian:14linux6.5.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-186.196USN-8575-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-186.196UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1112.119USN-8575-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1112.119UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1117.126USN-8575-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1117.126UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1117.126USN-8610-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1117.126UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1112.122UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1112.122USN-8575-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1108.114USN-8575-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1108.114UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1095.103USN-8575-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1095.103UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1106.110USN-8575-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1106.110UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1107.113UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1107.113USN-8620-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1104.109UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1104.109USN-8575-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-184.194UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-184.194USN-8575-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1107.108USN-8575-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1107.108UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1064.66USN-8576-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1064.66UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1053.53USN-8576-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1053.53UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1109.115UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1109.115USN-8575-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1106.109UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1106.109USN-8668-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1075.79USN-8575-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1075.79UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53596

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux a525a3ddeaca69f405d98442ab3c0746e53168dc – before 83e2ec36a92432e9445e853c12becbbae353b511a525a3ddeaca69f405d98442ab3c0746e53168dc – before b9ef4b0aa91d2f9f5951faafdbbd47cf01799ec3a525a3ddeaca69f405d98442ab3c0746e53168dc – before 297992e5c63528e603666e36081836204fc36ec9a525a3ddeaca69f405d98442ab3c0746e53168dc – before 3bcc4c2a096e8342c8c719e595ce15de212694dda525a3ddeaca69f405d98442ab3c0746e53168dc – before c8c426fae26086a0ca8ab6cc6da2de79810ec038a525a3ddeaca69f405d98442ab3c0746e53168dc – before 699fb50d99039a50e7494de644f96c889279aca3
Linux Linux 3.7

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