CVE-2023-53334

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in USB ChipIdea DebugFS Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: chipidea: 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 3.3%
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 < 5.14
Linux/Linux 5.14
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
Linux/Linux 8f6c7c5a11ec599be524190122a56dbb730069a3 - 4322661af6d7a586a5798ab9aa443f49895b6943
Linux/Linux 8f6c7c5a11ec599be524190122a56dbb730069a3 - 610373dd354f3d393aa3bdcab59f55024c16b5e5
Linux/Linux 8f6c7c5a11ec599be524190122a56dbb730069a3 - 972e0682f6e3ee6ecf002657df4aaa511d51dd6c
Linux/Linux 8f6c7c5a11ec599be524190122a56dbb730069a3 - ff35f3ea3baba5b81416ac02d005cfbf6dd182fa
... and 1 more
Published Sep 16, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026