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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: sl811: 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 bb4d5eefb67095d7c3b70b08498b23b7f2895f76
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 54166af8941d0cf46b65cfa2fbce76e38d82fadf
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before 04fdfec7b0286972cb5457ef958c92585447a39f
affected

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (git) before e1523c4dbc54e164638ff8729d511cf91e27be04
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/bb4d5eefb67095d7c3b70b08498b23b7f2895f76

git.kernel.org/...c/54166af8941d0cf46b65cfa2fbce76e38d82fadf

git.kernel.org/...c/04fdfec7b0286972cb5457ef958c92585447a39f

git.kernel.org/...c/e1523c4dbc54e164638ff8729d511cf91e27be04

cve.org (CVE-2023-53417)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-53417)

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