CVE-2023-53355

staging: pi433: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()

Medium · published September 17, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

staging: pi433: 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. This requires saving off the root directory dentry to make

creation of individual device subdirectories easier.

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
0.00191 · 8.3th percentile
Published
2025-09-17T14:56Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 SEP 14:56Z
    staging: pi433: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
    cvelistv5