Security Advisory

CVE-2023-53314

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2025-09-16 16:11:51
Last updated 2026-05-11 19:42:33
Assigner Linux
State PUBLISHED

Description

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 fb_info.dev. The call to register_framebuffer() initializes the field to the fbdev device. Drivers should not override its value. Fixes a bug where the driver incorrectly decreases the hardware devices reference counter and leaks the fbdev device. v2: * add Fixes tag (Dan)