CVE-2023-53415 (GCVE-0-2023-53415)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-18 13:58
Modified
2026-01-14 19:13
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
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Linux Linux Version: 8d396bb0a5b62b326f6be7594d8bd46b088296bd
Version: 8d396bb0a5b62b326f6be7594d8bd46b088296bd
Version: 8d396bb0a5b62b326f6be7594d8bd46b088296bd
Version: 8d396bb0a5b62b326f6be7594d8bd46b088296bd
Version: 3bef21035888dd19750ad79b5d08fe52a02ad719
Version: d7e403eea007f47776186d4d572f234b1221e6e3
Version: e52d43c82f2f6556f0b7a790c19c072c1e99a95f
Version: afd8b0d091d5b4febe2d0ac3b7735c1826329302
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