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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: uhci: 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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-09-15 | Published 2025-09-15 | Updated 2025-09-15 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before c6af1dbc99ad37bf67c8703982df4d7f12d256c1
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before e529aeb771aef1402c899b6b405610ef444d5d88
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 9cb88847b8b86f132309030022a23dca895b6f61
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 0a3f82c79c86278e7f144564b1cb6cc5c3657144
affected

Default status
affected

5.15.100 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.18 (semver)
unaffected

6.2.5 (semver)
unaffected

6.3 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/c6af1dbc99ad37bf67c8703982df4d7f12d256c1

git.kernel.org/...c/e529aeb771aef1402c899b6b405610ef444d5d88

git.kernel.org/...c/9cb88847b8b86f132309030022a23dca895b6f61

git.kernel.org/...c/0a3f82c79c86278e7f144564b1cb6cc5c3657144

cve.org (CVE-2023-53197)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-53197)

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