{"id":"CVE-2023-53279","summary":"misc: vmw_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmisc: vmw_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()\n\nWhen calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it,\notherwise the memory will leak over time.  To make things simpler, just\ncall debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic at\nonce.","modified":"2026-07-08T07:10:04.968902611Z","published":"2025-09-16T08:11:13.712Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53279.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/209cdbd07cfaa4b7385bad4eeb47e5ec1887d33d"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b94b39bf3d545671f210a2257d18e33c8b874699"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1c545e44c1ec08bef0c0c14e632eec516431e9c"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7651fa88b17c2d7af949981a2423179db5e9453"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53279.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53279"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"37b85bd5f20cbe28140d370a840738b6f2e85cbf"},{"fixed":"b94b39bf3d545671f210a2257d18e33c8b874699"},{"fixed":"d1c545e44c1ec08bef0c0c14e632eec516431e9c"},{"fixed":"f7651fa88b17c2d7af949981a2423179db5e9453"},{"fixed":"209cdbd07cfaa4b7385bad4eeb47e5ec1887d33d"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53279.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.13.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.100"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.18"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.2.5"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53279.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}