CVE-2023-52937

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52937
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-52937.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-52937
Related
Published
2025-03-27T17:15:43Z
Modified
2025-04-15T16:00:47Z
Downstream
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
[none]
Details

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

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1.11-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1.11-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}