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CVE-2023-53409

Published: Sep 18, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
c654cea59dbc352fceafddd44893f3523fdcc08e - < 09709a49283f79184c998d6dafcc01590e4d654d
affected
c654cea59dbc352fceafddd44893f3523fdcc08e - < 79ac2b01e033181e21cc84216ace1f4160eb8950
affected
c654cea59dbc352fceafddd44893f3523fdcc08e - < bf0fd01c7cc1061fb2cfda3e2044371642108e6c
affected
c654cea59dbc352fceafddd44893f3523fdcc08e - < 8deb87b1e810dd558371e88ffd44339fbef27870

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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