CVE-2023-53414 — 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 18
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: snic: 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/linux1be4ec2456a7d110092ad8cc918eef75b878ec4e — 5a46d8bdaf03e8a4bb83f0c363326d9aa66cc122+4
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
CVE-2023-53414: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: snic: Fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() When calling debugfs_looku↗2025-09-18
GHSA▶
GHSA-5w42-rmvh-mvw5: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: snic: Fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
When calling debugfs_loo↗2025-09-18