medium5.5
CVE-2023-53279
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: vmw_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() When calling debugfs_lookup(…
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | before 5.15.100 from 5.16 before 6.1.18 from 6.2 before 6.2.5 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/209cdbd07cfaa4b7385bad4eeb47e5ec1887d33d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b94b39bf3d545671f210a2257d18e33c8b874699
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1c545e44c1ec08bef0c0c14e632eec516431e9c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7651fa88b17c2d7af949981a2423179db5e9453