CVE-2023-53279
5.5
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:
misc: vmw_balloon: 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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 37b85bd5f20cbe28140d370a840738b6f2e85cbf < b94b39bf3d545671f210a2257d18e33c8b874699 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 37b85bd5f20cbe28140d370a840738b6f2e85cbf < d1c545e44c1ec08bef0c0c14e632eec516431e9c | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 37b85bd5f20cbe28140d370a840738b6f2e85cbf < f7651fa88b17c2d7af949981a2423179db5e9453 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 37b85bd5f20cbe28140d370a840738b6f2e85cbf < 209cdbd07cfaa4b7385bad4eeb47e5ec1887d33d | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 5.13 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 0 < 5.13 | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 5.15.100 <= 5.15.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 6.1.18 <= 6.1.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 6.2.5 <= 6.2.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 6.3 <= * | unaffected |
Weaknesses
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b94b39bf3d545671f210a2257d18e33c8b874699
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1c545e44c1ec08bef0c0c14e632eec516431e9c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7651fa88b17c2d7af949981a2423179db5e9453
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/209cdbd07cfaa4b7385bad4eeb47e5ec1887d33d
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