CVE-2023-53403 — time/debug: Fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: time/debug: Fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have …
Published: 2025-09-18 · CVSS: 5.5 · CVSS 3.1
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: time/debug: 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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7