CVE-2023-53391

shmem: use ramfs_kill_sb() for kill_sb method of ramfs-based tmpfs

Medium · published September 18, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

shmem: use ramfs_kill_sb() for kill_sb method of ramfs-based tmpfs

As the ramfs-based tmpfs uses ramfs_init_fs_context() for the

init_fs_context method, which allocates fc->s_fs_info, use ramfs_kill_sb()

to free it and avoid a memory leak.

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
0.00148 · 3.7th percentile
Published
2025-09-18T13:33Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 SEP 13:33Z
    shmem: use ramfs_kill_sb() for kill_sb method of ramfs-based tmpfs
    cvelistv5