CVE-2023-52937
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52937
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-52937.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-52937
- Downstream
- Published
- 2025-03-27T16:37:16Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-16T14:04:18.967370Z
- Severity
-
- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- HV: hv_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
- Details
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HV: hvballoon: fix memory leak with using debugfslookup()
When calling debugfslookup() the result must have dput() called on it, otherwise the memory will leak over time. To make things simpler, just call debugfslookupandremove() instead which handles all of the logic at once.
- References
Affected packages
Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
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Introducedd180e0a1be6cea2b7436fadbd1c96aecdf3c46c7Fixed0b570a059cf42ad6e2eb632f47c23813d58d8303
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
-
Introducedd180e0a1be6cea2b7436fadbd1c96aecdf3c46c7Fixed6dfb0771429a63db8561d44147f2bb76f93e1c86
Affected versions
v5.*
v5.19
v5.19-rc7
v5.19-rc8
v6.*
v6.0
v6.0-rc1
v6.0-rc2
v6.0-rc3
v6.0-rc4
v6.0-rc5
v6.0-rc6
v6.0-rc7
v6.1
v6.1-rc1
v6.1-rc2
v6.1-rc3
v6.1-rc4
v6.1-rc5
v6.1-rc6
v6.1-rc7
v6.1-rc8
v6.1.1
v6.1.10
v6.1.2
v6.1.3
v6.1.4
v6.1.5
v6.1.6
v6.1.7
v6.1.8
v6.1.9
v6.2-rc1
v6.2-rc2
v6.2-rc3
v6.2-rc4
v6.2-rc5