CVE-2023-53417
MEDIUMLinux Kernel - Use-After-Free in USB sl811 DebugFS Handling
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: sl811: 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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0014
EPSS Percentile
3.4%
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
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
Linux/Linux
82d4afcfa9b507c983bb261ad1d6d13cb52d6e06 - 04fdfec7b0286972cb5457ef958c92585447a39f
Linux/Linux
82d4afcfa9b507c983bb261ad1d6d13cb52d6e06 - 54166af8941d0cf46b65cfa2fbce76e38d82fadf
Linux/Linux
82d4afcfa9b507c983bb261ad1d6d13cb52d6e06 - bb4d5eefb67095d7c3b70b08498b23b7f2895f76
Linux/Linux
82d4afcfa9b507c983bb261ad1d6d13cb52d6e06 - e1523c4dbc54e164638ff8729d511cf91e27be04
... and 1 more
Published
Sep 18, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026