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To make things simpler, just\ncall debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic\nat once.","publishedAt":"2025-09-15T14:06:45.301Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T19:40:09.270Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"5649d86f537887c2be88689986ec4dd493d4babe","status":"affected","lessThan":"c6af1dbc99ad37bf67c8703982df4d7f12d256c1","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5649d86f537887c2be88689986ec4dd493d4babe","status":"affected","lessThan":"e529aeb771aef1402c899b6b405610ef444d5d88","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5649d86f537887c2be88689986ec4dd493d4babe","status":"affected","lessThan":"9cb88847b8b86f132309030022a23dca895b6f61","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5649d86f537887c2be88689986ec4dd493d4babe","status":"affected","lessThan":"0a3f82c79c86278e7f144564b1cb6cc5c3657144","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.13","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.13","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.100","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.18","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.2.5","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6af1dbc99ad37bf67c8703982df4d7f12d256c1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e529aeb771aef1402c899b6b405610ef444d5d88","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cb88847b8b86f132309030022a23dca895b6f61","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a3f82c79c86278e7f144564b1cb6cc5c3657144"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:06:33.064Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53197.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-53197","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-09-15T14:06:45.301Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:40:09.270Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-09-15T13:59:19.067Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"USB: uhci: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nUSB: uhci: 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.  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