CVE-2023-53410 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 18
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
USB: ULPI: 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 Packages5 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxbd0a0a024f2a41e7cc8eadb9862f82c45884b69c — dcbe69f4f743a938344b32e60531ea55355e0c08+3
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
CVE-2023-53410: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: ULPI: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() When calling debugfs_lookup↗2025-09-18
GHSA▶
GHSA-xcxp-6m6x-8jpj: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
USB: ULPI: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
When calling debugfs_look↗2025-09-18