CVE-2023-53202

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PM: domains: fix memory leak with using debugfs_...

CVE-2023-53202 is fixed in 76 products on 1 platform, first by ALAS2023-2023-138, released March 20, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.0
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0017
5th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PM: domains: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it, otherwise the memory will leak over time. To make things simpler, just call debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic at once.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
bpftool · RHEL 9 0:7.3.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
bpftool · amzn 2023 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
bpftool-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
kernel · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel · amzn 2023 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
kernel · rocky 8 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10.cloud.0.1 RXSA-2024:3138 May 29, 2026
kernel-64k · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-debug · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-debug-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-debug-devel · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-debug-modules · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-debug-modules-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-devel · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-devel-matched · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-modules · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-modules-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-64k-modules-extra · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-abi-stablelists · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-abi-stablelists · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-core · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-debug · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-debug · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-debug-core · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-debug-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-debug-devel · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-debug-devel · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-debug-devel-matched · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-debug-modules · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-debug-modules · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-debug-modules-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-debug-modules-extra · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-debug-modules-extra · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-debug-uki-virt · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
kernel-devel · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-devel · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
kernel-devel-matched · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-doc · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-doc · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-headers · amzn 2023 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
kernel-libbpf · amzn 2023 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
kernel-libbpf-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
kernel-libbpf-static · amzn 2023 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
kernel-livepatch-6.1.19-30.43 · amzn 2023 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
kernel-modules · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-modules · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-modules-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-modules-extra · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-modules-extra · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-debug · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-debug-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-debug-devel · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-debug-kvm · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-debug-modules · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-debug-modules-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-devel · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-kvm · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-modules · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-modules-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-rt-modules-extra · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-tools · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-tools · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-tools · amzn 2023 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
kernel-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
kernel-tools-devel · amzn 2023 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
kernel-tools-libs · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-tools-libs · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-tools-libs-devel · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-tools-libs-devel · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-uki-virt · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump-core · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump-devel · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump-devel · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump-modules · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump-modules · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
libperf · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.20-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53202 Sep 15, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.1.20-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53202 Sep 15, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.1.20-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53202 Sep 15, 2025
perf · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
perf · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
perf · amzn 2023 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
python3-perf · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 RHSA-2024:3138 May 22, 2024
python3-perf · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
python3-perf · amzn 2023 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
python3-perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138 Mar 20, 2023
rtla · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024
rv · RHEL 9 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:2394 Apr 30, 2024

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