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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: snic: 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 5a46d8bdaf03e8a4bb83f0c363326d9aa66cc122
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 3dec769caf337c55814fbf79ec8c91a3cce23bf3
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 995424f59ab52fb432b26ccb3abced63745ea041
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before ad0e4e2fab928477f74d742e6e77d79245d3d3e7
affected

Default status
affected

5.15.99 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.16 (semver)
unaffected

6.2.3 (semver)
unaffected

6.3 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/5a46d8bdaf03e8a4bb83f0c363326d9aa66cc122

git.kernel.org/...c/3dec769caf337c55814fbf79ec8c91a3cce23bf3

git.kernel.org/...c/995424f59ab52fb432b26ccb3abced63745ea041

git.kernel.org/...c/ad0e4e2fab928477f74d742e6e77d79245d3d3e7

cve.org (CVE-2023-53414)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-53414)

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