CVE-2023-53314

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53314
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53314.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53314
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-09-16T16:11:51.435Z
Modified
2026-04-02T09:43:59.141756Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
fbdev/ep93xx-fb: Do not assign to struct fb_info.dev
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbdev/ep93xx-fb: Do not assign to struct fb_info.dev

Do not assing the Linux device to struct fbinfo.dev. The call to registerframebuffer() initializes the field to the fbdev device. Drivers should not override its value.

Fixes a bug where the driver incorrectly decreases the hardware device's reference counter and leaks the fbdev device.

v2: * add Fixes tag (Dan)

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53314.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
88017bda96a5fd568a982b01546c8fb1782dda62
Fixed
ffdf2b020db717853167391a3a8d912e13428fa6
Fixed
1c6ff2a7c593db851f23e31ace2baf557ea9d0ff
Fixed
8ffa40ff64aa43a9a28fcf209b48d86a3e0f4972
Fixed
4aade6c9100a3537788b6a9c7ac481037d19efdf
Fixed
309c27162afea79b3c7f8747bb650faf6923b639
Fixed
f83c1b13f8154e0284448912756d0a351a1a602a
Fixed
0517fc5a71333b315164736bbd32608894fbb872
Fixed
f90a0e5265b60cdd3c77990e8105f79aa2fac994

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53314.json"