Bug 2363721 (CVE-2023-53097) - CVE-2023-53097 kernel: powerpc/iommu: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
Summary: CVE-2023-53097 kernel: powerpc/iommu: fix memory leak with using debugfs_look...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-53097
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-05-02 16:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-05-05 06:02 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-05-02 16:03:12 UTC
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.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-05-05 05:51:44 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025050222-CVE-2023-53097-fd46@gregkh/T


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