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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2025· Updated Jan 14, 2026

misc: vmw_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()

CVE-2023-53279

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.

Affected products

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Patches

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