CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-53346

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2025-09-17 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2025-09-17
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kernel/fail_function: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it, otherwise the memory will leak over time. To make things simpler, just call debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic at once.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 5.4.235) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.10.173) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.100) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.18) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.2.5)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

References