CVE-2023-53405

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in USB Gadget gr_udc DebugFS Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: gadget: gr_udc: 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 425de3182c91b467f1fc8a0de841d74d866719ca - 0933eca15f5223b5c2412080c8c3de8758465c78
Linux/Linux 425de3182c91b467f1fc8a0de841d74d866719ca - 30f9ba2396a1130eef7f2d3ee7ee8037b7c25be9
Linux/Linux 425de3182c91b467f1fc8a0de841d74d866719ca - 73f4451368663ad28daa67980c6dd11d83b303eb
Linux/Linux 425de3182c91b467f1fc8a0de841d74d866719ca - be21a66e17ee0ab5f3513b6c86659e60cec5e981
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
... and 1 more
Published Sep 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026