CVE-2023-53409 drivers: base: component: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()

🗓️ 18 Sep 2025 13:58:47Reported by LinuxType

Fixed a memory leak in the Linux kernel drivers base by using debugfs_lookup_and_remove().

Reporter	Title	Published	Views	Family All 63
Tenable Nessus	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2023-138)	23 Mar 202300:00	–	nessus
Tenable Nessus	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-015 (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2023-015)	22 Mar 202300:00	–	nessus
Tenable Nessus	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1)	21 Oct 202500:00	–	nessus
Tenable Nessus	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1)	21 Oct 202500:00	–	nessus
Tenable Nessus	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53409	20 Sep 202500:00	–	nessus
Amazon	Important: kernel	22 Mar 202300:00	–	amazon
Amazon	Important: kernel	21 Mar 202300:00	–	amazon
AstraLinux	Astra Linux - уязвимость в linux-5.10, linux-5.15	20 May 202605:53	–	astralinux
Circl	CVE-2023-53409	18 Sep 202515:07	–	circl
CNNVD	Linux kernel 安全漏洞	18 Sep 202500:00	–	cnnvd

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  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/base/component.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "c654cea59dbc352fceafddd44893f3523fdcc08e",
        "lessThan": "09709a49283f79184c998d6dafcc01590e4d654d",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "c654cea59dbc352fceafddd44893f3523fdcc08e",
        "lessThan": "79ac2b01e033181e21cc84216ace1f4160eb8950",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "c654cea59dbc352fceafddd44893f3523fdcc08e",
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        "status": "affected",
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      },
      {
        "version": "c654cea59dbc352fceafddd44893f3523fdcc08e",
        "lessThan": "8deb87b1e810dd558371e88ffd44339fbef27870",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/base/component.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "5.13",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "5.13",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.15.100",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.1.18",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.2.5",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.2.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.3",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Source	Link
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/8deb87b1e810dd558371e88ffd44339fbef27870
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/09709a49283f79184c998d6dafcc01590e4d654d
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf0fd01c7cc1061fb2cfda3e2044371642108e6c
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/79ac2b01e033181e21cc84216ace1f4160eb8950

11 May 2026 19:44Current

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