PT-2025-38385

CVE-2023-53403

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Published

2025-09-18

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Updated

2026-08-23

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CVSS 3.1
5.5
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description A memory leak exists in the Linux kernel related to the use of the debugfs lookup() function within the time/debug subsystem. Failing to call dput() on the result of debugfs lookup() leads to a memory leak over time. The issue is resolved by using debugfs lookup and remove(), which handles the necessary memory management logic.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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