CVE-2023-53418

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.15.100 - Use-After-Free in USB Gadget DebugFS Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: gadget: lpc32xx_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 3.4%
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 < 5.14
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 e3d59eff47b8cc385acae9d7fb1c787857023376 - 036ada6ca9eea926abc0b0ef550b10488d66d4d8
Linux/Linux e3d59eff47b8cc385acae9d7fb1c787857023376 - 72c25eb9ae4993ccac4821354ff34eb1f32e4781
Linux/Linux e3d59eff47b8cc385acae9d7fb1c787857023376 - 7a5fdd8660174a8056de57d1fdce3a7e9f77f60e
Linux/Linux e3d59eff47b8cc385acae9d7fb1c787857023376 - e3965acaf3739fde9d74ad82979b46d37c6c208f
... and 1 more
Published Sep 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026