fkie_cve-2023-53279
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-09-16 08:15
Modified
2025-09-16 12:49
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: vmw_balloon: 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.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/209cdbd07cfaa4b7385bad4eeb47e5ec1887d33d
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b94b39bf3d545671f210a2257d18e33c8b874699
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1c545e44c1ec08bef0c0c14e632eec516431e9c
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7651fa88b17c2d7af949981a2423179db5e9453
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  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmisc: vmw_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()\n\nWhen calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it,\notherwise the memory will leak over time.  To make things simpler, just\ncall debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic at\nonce."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-53279",
  "lastModified": "2025-09-16T12:49:16.060",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-09-16T08:15:36.803",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
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