CVE-2023-53197

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in UHCI DebugFS Lookup

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: uhci: 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 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.6%
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 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.15.100 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5649d86f537887c2be88689986ec4dd493d4babe - 0a3f82c79c86278e7f144564b1cb6cc5c3657144
Linux/Linux 5649d86f537887c2be88689986ec4dd493d4babe - 9cb88847b8b86f132309030022a23dca895b6f61
Linux/Linux 5649d86f537887c2be88689986ec4dd493d4babe - c6af1dbc99ad37bf67c8703982df4d7f12d256c1
Linux/Linux 5649d86f537887c2be88689986ec4dd493d4babe - e529aeb771aef1402c899b6b405610ef444d5d88
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