CVE-2023-53279

medium

Description

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

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7651fa88b17c2d7af949981a2423179db5e9453

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1c545e44c1ec08bef0c0c14e632eec516431e9c

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b94b39bf3d545671f210a2257d18e33c8b874699

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/209cdbd07cfaa4b7385bad4eeb47e5ec1887d33d

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-09-16

Updated: 2025-09-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018