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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: base: dd: 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 2025-09-18 | Updated 2025-09-18 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 7f1e53f88e8babf293ec052b70aa9d2a3554360c
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 5a7a9efdb193d3c8a35821548a8e99612c358828
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 8e47e2bf78812adbd73c45c941d3c51add30b58d
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 36c893d3a759ae7c91ee7d4871ebfc7504f08c40
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/7f1e53f88e8babf293ec052b70aa9d2a3554360c

git.kernel.org/...c/5a7a9efdb193d3c8a35821548a8e99612c358828

git.kernel.org/...c/8e47e2bf78812adbd73c45c941d3c51add30b58d

git.kernel.org/...c/36c893d3a759ae7c91ee7d4871ebfc7504f08c40

cve.org (CVE-2023-53390)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-53390)

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