Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 18, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-53411
CVE-2023-53411
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PM: EM: 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
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/30fee10192e1239478a0987bc7ee445d5e980d46nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5100c4efc30636aa48ac517dece3c3b7f84fe367nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/84e4d4885d0ae011860fb599d50d01b8fdca2b87nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0e8c13ccd6a9a636d27353da62c2410c4eca337nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e974e8f1e37d22c0de07374f8ddc84073fef2f1dnvdPatch
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