Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 7, 2025· Updated Feb 6, 2026
ext4: fix memory leaks in ext4_fname_{setup_filename,prepare_lookup}
CVE-2023-53662
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix memory leaks in ext4_fname_{setup_filename,prepare_lookup}
If the filename casefolding fails, we'll be leaking memory from the fscrypt_name struct, namely from the 'crypto_buf.name' member.
Make sure we free it in the error path on both ext4_fname_setup_filename() and ext4_fname_prepare_lookup() functions.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 5.13
Patches
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