CVE-2023-53173

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in PCN UART DebugFS Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: pcn_uart: 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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 4.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (11)
Linux/Linux < 5.13
Linux/Linux 4dec5f1af694526db760dfbb47211236e556e27c - 04a189c720aa2b6091442113ce9b9bc93552dff8
Linux/Linux 4dec5f1af694526db760dfbb47211236e556e27c - 139769c4bd8273b5e3f85ea474aa37018fe7e436
Linux/Linux 4dec5f1af694526db760dfbb47211236e556e27c - 4459d1e7bd0421b3b6fcd745773d8823f71615ef
Linux/Linux 4dec5f1af694526db760dfbb47211236e556e27c - cf042964c2fa72950bbbf25b2cdd732b873e89db
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.15.100 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.18 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2.5 - 6.2.*
Linux/Linux 6.3
... and 1 more
Published Sep 15, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026