In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

misc: vmw_balloon: 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.
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 08:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: vmw_balloon: 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.
Title misc: vmw_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-16T08:11:13.712Z

Reserved: 2025-09-16T08:09:37.991Z

Link: CVE-2023-53279

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