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CVE-2023-53197

Published: Sep 15, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: uhci: 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.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
5649d86f537887c2be88689986ec4dd493d4babe - < c6af1dbc99ad37bf67c8703982df4d7f12d256c1
affected
5649d86f537887c2be88689986ec4dd493d4babe - < e529aeb771aef1402c899b6b405610ef444d5d88
affected
5649d86f537887c2be88689986ec4dd493d4babe - < 9cb88847b8b86f132309030022a23dca895b6f61
affected
5649d86f537887c2be88689986ec4dd493d4babe - < 0a3f82c79c86278e7f144564b1cb6cc5c3657144

Linux

Linux

affected
5.13
unaffected
0 - < 5.13
unaffected
5.15.100 - <= 5.15.*
unaffected
6.1.18 - <= 6.1.*
unaffected
6.2.5 - <= 6.2.*

+1 more versions

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