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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kernel/printk/index.c: 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 2e07fa2e30d48d24a791483774a3d4b76769e0cf
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before c578a68ffcdc2e8c72556bebdaae2b7500398e81
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 13969236b6900b5a3625ad2193569588e978f1cc
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 55bf243c514553e907efcf2bda92ba090eca8c64
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/2e07fa2e30d48d24a791483774a3d4b76769e0cf

git.kernel.org/...c/c578a68ffcdc2e8c72556bebdaae2b7500398e81

git.kernel.org/...c/13969236b6900b5a3625ad2193569588e978f1cc

git.kernel.org/...c/55bf243c514553e907efcf2bda92ba090eca8c64

cve.org (CVE-2023-53402)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-53402)

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