CVE-2023-53355 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 17
Description
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.
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 Packages7 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux874bcba65f9a3a2a304b5f520529c046887c3cdc — 04f3cda40e9f6653ae15ed3fcf26ef2860f4df66+3
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-gr54-f9vx-r2h8: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
staging: pi433: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
When calling debugfs↗2025-09-17
OSV▶
CVE-2023-53355: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: pi433: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() When calling debugfs_l↗2025-09-17