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CVE-2023-53279

Published: Sep 16, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: vmw_balloon: 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
37b85bd5f20cbe28140d370a840738b6f2e85cbf - < b94b39bf3d545671f210a2257d18e33c8b874699
affected
37b85bd5f20cbe28140d370a840738b6f2e85cbf - < d1c545e44c1ec08bef0c0c14e632eec516431e9c
affected
37b85bd5f20cbe28140d370a840738b6f2e85cbf - < f7651fa88b17c2d7af949981a2423179db5e9453
affected
37b85bd5f20cbe28140d370a840738b6f2e85cbf - < 209cdbd07cfaa4b7385bad4eeb47e5ec1887d33d

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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