CVE-2023-53097

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

02/05/2025

Last modified:

12/11/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/iommu: 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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		5.15.103 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.20 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.2.7 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2023-53097

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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