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CVE-2023-53276

MEDIUM 5.5

ubifs: Free memory for tmpfile name

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Sep 16, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
f4f61d2cc6d8789a52245a4733b3e5643be154f3 < 8ad8c67a897e68426e85990ebfe0a7d1f71fc79f f4f61d2cc6d8789a52245a4733b3e5643be154f3 < 107d481642c356a5668058066360fc473911e628 f4f61d2cc6d8789a52245a4733b3e5643be154f3 < 823f554747f8aafaa965fb2f3ae794110ed429ef f4f61d2cc6d8789a52245a4733b3e5643be154f3 < b8f444a4fadfb5070ed7e298e0a5ceb4a18014f3 f4f61d2cc6d8789a52245a4733b3e5643be154f3 < ce840284929b75dbbf062e0ce7fcb78a63b08b5e f4f61d2cc6d8789a52245a4733b3e5643be154f3 < 29738e1bcc799dd754711d4e4aab967f0c018175 f4f61d2cc6d8789a52245a4733b3e5643be154f3 < fd197308c0e4f738c7ea687d5332035c5753881c f4f61d2cc6d8789a52245a4733b3e5643be154f3 < 1e43d4284bdc3bd34bd770fea13910ac37ab0618 f4f61d2cc6d8789a52245a4733b3e5643be154f3 < 1fb815b38bb31d6af9bd0540b8652a0d6fe6cfd3
Linux / Linux
4.10

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ad8c67a897e68426e85990ebfe0a7d1f71fc79f git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/107d481642c356a5668058066360fc473911e628 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/823f554747f8aafaa965fb2f3ae794110ed429ef git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8f444a4fadfb5070ed7e298e0a5ceb4a18014f3 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce840284929b75dbbf062e0ce7fcb78a63b08b5e git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29738e1bcc799dd754711d4e4aab967f0c018175 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd197308c0e4f738c7ea687d5332035c5753881c git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e43d4284bdc3bd34bd770fea13910ac37ab0618 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fb815b38bb31d6af9bd0540b8652a0d6fe6cfd3