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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: 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 2025-09-17 | Published 2025-09-17 | Updated 2025-09-17 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 6683327b51a601daba32900072349dfa1d4e8fea
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before c68ece7baf2aa9783b8244482c03010d477d4a93
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before cc00340fb1226a2a3a5cf15473ac417da3c952f1
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 30374434edab20e25776f8ecb4bc9d1e54309487
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/6683327b51a601daba32900072349dfa1d4e8fea

git.kernel.org/...c/c68ece7baf2aa9783b8244482c03010d477d4a93

git.kernel.org/...c/cc00340fb1226a2a3a5cf15473ac417da3c952f1

git.kernel.org/...c/30374434edab20e25776f8ecb4bc9d1e54309487

cve.org (CVE-2023-53359)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-53359)

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