CVE-2023-53406

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in USB Gadget PXA25x UDC DebugFS Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: gadget: pxa25x_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 1d50071b53f26a7b8b7d6a0e027b9e6643bb6075 - 6236a6d2cdfb710bd8a82c4b179d0a034d0d99cb
Linux/Linux 1d50071b53f26a7b8b7d6a0e027b9e6643bb6075 - 78d9586d8e728be1e360d3d0da7170c791d1d55e
Linux/Linux 1d50071b53f26a7b8b7d6a0e027b9e6643bb6075 - 7a038a681b7df78362d9fc7013e5395a694a9d3a
Linux/Linux 1d50071b53f26a7b8b7d6a0e027b9e6643bb6075 - 8d48a7887dbca22e064c20caf20ae7949019fe9b
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