CVE-2023-53415

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.15.100 - Use-After-Free in DWC3 USB DebugFS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: dwc3: 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. Note, the root dentry for the debugfs directory for the device needs to be saved so we don't have to keep looking it up, which required a bit more refactoring to properly create and remove it when needed.

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 (19)
Linux/Linux < 5.13
Linux/Linux 3bef21035888dd19750ad79b5d08fe52a02ad719
Linux/Linux 4.19.196 - 4.20
Linux/Linux 5.10.46 - 5.11
Linux/Linux 5.12.13 - 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.15.100 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.4.128 - 5.5
Linux/Linux 6.1.18 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2.5 - 6.2.*
... and 9 more
Published Sep 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026