CVE-2023-53279

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.15.100 - Use-After-Free in vmw_balloon debugfs_lookup

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (11)
Linux/Linux < 5.13
Linux/Linux 37b85bd5f20cbe28140d370a840738b6f2e85cbf - 209cdbd07cfaa4b7385bad4eeb47e5ec1887d33d
Linux/Linux 37b85bd5f20cbe28140d370a840738b6f2e85cbf - b94b39bf3d545671f210a2257d18e33c8b874699
Linux/Linux 37b85bd5f20cbe28140d370a840738b6f2e85cbf - d1c545e44c1ec08bef0c0c14e632eec516431e9c
Linux/Linux 37b85bd5f20cbe28140d370a840738b6f2e85cbf - f7651fa88b17c2d7af949981a2423179db5e9453
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 16, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026