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  "record": {
    "id": "CVE-2023-53594",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53594",
    "idYear": 2023,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2025-10-04T15:44:07.533Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-23T15:29:54.504Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:57:03.413Z",
    "snapshot": {
      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "driver core: fix resource leak in device_add()",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndriver core: fix resource leak in device_add()\n\nWhen calling kobject_add() failed in device_add(), it will call\ncleanup_glue_dir() to free resource. But in kobject_add(),\ndev->kobj.parent has been set to NULL. This will cause resource leak.\n\nThe process is as follows:\ndevice_add()\n\tget_device_parent()\n\t\tclass_dir_create_and_add()\n\t\t\tkobject_add()\t\t//kobject_get()\n\t...\n\tdev->kobj.parent = kobj;\n\t...\n\tkobject_add()\t\t//failed, but set dev->kobj.parent = NULL\n\t...\n\tglue_dir = get_glue_dir(dev)\t//glue_dir = NULL, and goto\n\t\t\t\t\t//\"Error\" label\n\t...\n\tcleanup_glue_dir()\t//becaues glue_dir is NULL, not call\n\t\t\t\t//kobject_put()\n\nThe preceding problem may cause insmod mac80211_hwsim.ko to failed.\nsysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/virtual/mac80211_hwsim'\nCall Trace:\n<TASK>\ndump_stack_lvl+0x8e/0xd1\nsysfs_warn_dup.cold+0x1c/0x29\nsysfs_create_dir_ns+0x224/0x280\nkobject_add_internal+0x2aa/0x880\nkobject_add+0x135/0x1a0\nget_device_parent+0x3d7/0x590\ndevice_add+0x2aa/0x1cb0\ndevice_create_groups_vargs+0x1eb/0x260\ndevice_create+0xdc/0x110\nmac80211_hwsim_new_radio+0x31e/0x4790 [mac80211_hwsim]\ninit_mac80211_hwsim+0x48d/0x1000 [mac80211_hwsim]\ndo_one_initcall+0x10f/0x630\ndo_init_module+0x19f/0x5e0\nload_module+0x64b7/0x6eb0\n__do_sys_finit_module+0x140/0x200\ndo_syscall_64+0x35/0x80\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0\n</TASK>\nkobject_add_internal failed for mac80211_hwsim with -EEXIST, don't try to\nregister things with the same name in the same directory.",
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