Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 18, 2025· Updated Jan 14, 2026
shmem: use ramfs_kill_sb() for kill_sb method of ramfs-based tmpfs
CVE-2023-53391
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
shmem: use ramfs_kill_sb() for kill_sb method of ramfs-based tmpfs
As the ramfs-based tmpfs uses ramfs_init_fs_context() for the init_fs_context method, which allocates fc->s_fs_info, use ramfs_kill_sb() to free it and avoid a memory leak.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 2.6.30
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f34bf8b442c6d720e7fa6f15e8702427e48aea9mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/36ce9d76b0a93bae799e27e4f5ac35478c676592mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/487f229efea80c00dd7397547ec4f25fb8999d99mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fada375113767b3b57f1b04f7a4fe64ffaa626fmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebe07db840992a3886694ac3d303b06f4b70ce00mitre
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