CVE-2023-53279

misc: vmw_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()

Medium · published September 16, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

misc: vmw_balloon: 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00159 · 4.7th percentile
Published
2025-09-16T08:11Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 SEP 08:11Z
    misc: vmw_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
    cvelistv5