Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 18, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-53408
CVE-2023-53408
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
trace/blktrace: 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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