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To make things simpler, just\ncall debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic\nat once.","publishedAt":"2025-09-18T13:58:43.702Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T19:44:19.086Z","severity":{"score":5.5,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","source":"CISA-ADP"},"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0f60203d2142e759ac3913bb63017645ddf49f94","status":"affected","lessThan":"4a71b15744b8f286718722f80b663c06ed909d8a","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0f60203d2142e759ac3913bb63017645ddf49f94","status":"affected","lessThan":"7d2d3bef6d700eb4261fb6761de2c95a9e3c0ac8","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0f60203d2142e759ac3913bb63017645ddf49f94","status":"affected","lessThan":"55c2ffc534928f4732199617e3b746d79a57898f","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0f60203d2142e759ac3913bb63017645ddf49f94","status":"affected","lessThan":"6b4040f452037a7e95472577891d57c6b18c89c5","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/usb/fotg210/fotg210-hcd.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.14","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.14","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/fotg210/fotg210-hcd.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a71b15744b8f286718722f80b663c06ed909d8a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d2d3bef6d700eb4261fb6761de2c95a9e3c0ac8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55c2ffc534928f4732199617e3b746d79a57898f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b4040f452037a7e95472577891d57c6b18c89c5"],"weaknesses":["CWE-401"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:06:33.064Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53404.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-53404","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-09-18T13:58:43.702Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:44:19.086Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-09-17T14:54:09.739Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"USB: fotg210: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nUSB: fotg210: 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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