CVE-2023-53276

MEDIUM EPSS 4.5%
Published Sep 16, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 16, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ubifs: Free memory for tmpfile name When opening a ubifs tmpfile on an encrypted directory, function fscrypt_setup_filename allocates memory for the name that is to be stored in the directory entry, but after the name has been copied to the directory entry inode, the memory is not freed. When running kmemleak on it we see that it is registered as a leak. The report below is triggered by a simple program 'tmpfile' just opening a tmpfile: unreferenced object 0xffff88810178f380 (size 32): comm "tmpfile", pid 509, jiffies 4294934744 (age 1524.742s) backtrace: __kmem_cache_alloc_node __kmalloc fscrypt_setup_filename ubifs_tmpfile vfs_tmpfile path_openat Free this memory after it has been copied to the inode.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
4.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 8

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel* <4.14.315
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.15  –  <4.19.283
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.20  –  <5.4.243
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.180
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.111
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.28
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.2.15
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.3  –  <6.3.2

References 9

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/107d481642c356a5668058066360fc473911e628
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e43d4284bdc3bd34bd770fea13910ac37ab0618
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fb815b38bb31d6af9bd0540b8652a0d6fe6cfd3
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29738e1bcc799dd754711d4e4aab967f0c018175
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/823f554747f8aafaa965fb2f3ae794110ed429ef
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ad8c67a897e68426e85990ebfe0a7d1f71fc79f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8f444a4fadfb5070ed7e298e0a5ceb4a18014f3
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce840284929b75dbbf062e0ce7fcb78a63b08b5e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd197308c0e4f738c7ea687d5332035c5753881c
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/107d481642c356a5668058066360fc473911e628
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e43d4284bdc3bd34bd770fea13910ac37ab0618
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fb815b38bb31d6af9bd0540b8652a0d6fe6cfd3
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29738e1bcc799dd754711d4e4aab967f0c018175
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/823f554747f8aafaa965fb2f3ae794110ed429ef
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ad8c67a897e68426e85990ebfe0a7d1f71fc79f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8f444a4fadfb5070ed7e298e0a5ceb4a18014f3
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce840284929b75dbbf062e0ce7fcb78a63b08b5e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd197308c0e4f738c7ea687d5332035c5753881c
    Patch