CVE-2023-53346

kernel/fail_function: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()

Medium · published September 17, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

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
0.00203 · 9.7th percentile
Published
2025-09-17T14:56Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 SEP 14:56Z
    kernel/fail_function: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
    cvelistv5