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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: base: component: 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 09709a49283f79184c998d6dafcc01590e4d654d
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 79ac2b01e033181e21cc84216ace1f4160eb8950
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before bf0fd01c7cc1061fb2cfda3e2044371642108e6c
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 8deb87b1e810dd558371e88ffd44339fbef27870
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/09709a49283f79184c998d6dafcc01590e4d654d

git.kernel.org/...c/79ac2b01e033181e21cc84216ace1f4160eb8950

git.kernel.org/...c/bf0fd01c7cc1061fb2cfda3e2044371642108e6c

git.kernel.org/...c/8deb87b1e810dd558371e88ffd44339fbef27870

cve.org (CVE-2023-53409)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-53409)

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