CVE-2023-53415 — 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:
USB: dwc3: 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.
Note, the root dentry for the debugfs directory for the device needs to
be saved so we don't have to keep looking it up, which required a bit
more ref…
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/linux8d396bb0a5b62b326f6be7594d8bd46b088296bd — cf52c320cf74245ce1c12b0bd48f77b87d77fbc9+8
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
CVE-2023-53415: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: dwc3: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() When calling debugfs_lookup↗2025-09-18
GHSA▶
GHSA-gw7v-q6j5-h9mv: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
USB: dwc3: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
When calling debugfs_look↗2025-09-18