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CVE-2023-22995

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.17, an error path in dwc3_qcom_acpi_register_core in drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c lacks certain platform_device_put and kfree calls.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 5.17 — fixed in 5.17

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.17. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa0ef93868a6062babe1144df2807a8b1d4924d2
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230331-0004/
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa0ef93868a6062babe1144df2807a8b1d4924d2
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230331-0004/

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