{"cve":"CVE-2023-53346","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-17T15:15:38.480","modified":"2026-06-17T06:44:57.590","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nkernel/fail_function: 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\nat once.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29d53c4c5a6f6d2b93aaac95b65cb4c907faf2ff","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bb3669f576559db273efe49e0e69f82450efbca","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94f68f3e059c478e240f65fcb64746fe371295df","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb99db06b8b6ce9351633fc61bec9919d8f6f52b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd9981a11d74ff2eb253bb5c459876f8bd3c6c36"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:10:08.713834912+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53346","score":0.00203,"percentile":0.10272,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}