Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 17, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-53346
CVE-2023-53346
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kernel/fail_function: 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.
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References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/29d53c4c5a6f6d2b93aaac95b65cb4c907faf2ffnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bb3669f576559db273efe49e0e69f82450efbcanvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/94f68f3e059c478e240f65fcb64746fe371295dfnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb99db06b8b6ce9351633fc61bec9919d8f6f52bnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd9981a11d74ff2eb253bb5c459876f8bd3c6c36nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6d3aee1c66358471275df9dddd480010f061b0envdPatch
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