{"cve":"CVE-2023-53355","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-17T15:15:39.523","modified":"2026-06-17T06:44:59.227","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nstaging: pi433: 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.  This requires saving off the root directory dentry to make\ncreation of individual device subdirectories easier.","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/04f3cda40e9f6653ae15ed3fcf26ef2860f4df66","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f36e789e540df6a9fbf471b3a2ba62a8b361586","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb16f3102607b69e1a0233f4b73c6e337f86ef8d"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:10:08.713834912+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53355","score":0.00191,"percentile":0.08824,"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."]}