CVE-2023-53279 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.91%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 16
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux37b85bd5f20cbe28140d370a840738b6f2e85cbf — b94b39bf3d545671f210a2257d18e33c8b874699+4
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
CVE-2023-53279: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: vmw_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() When calling debugf↗2025-09-16
GHSA▶
GHSA-pgj7-6v58-mxr9: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
misc: vmw_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
When calling debu↗2025-09-16