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CVE-2023-53276 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/107d481642c356a5668058066360fc473911e628 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e43d4284bdc3bd34bd770fea13910ac37ab0618 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fb815b38bb31d6af9bd0540b8652a0d6fe6cfd3 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29738e1bcc799dd754711d4e4aab967f0c018175 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/823f554747f8aafaa965fb2f3ae794110ed429ef kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ad8c67a897e68426e85990ebfe0a7d1f71fc79f kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8f444a4fadfb5070ed7e298e0a5ceb4a18014f3 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce840284929b75dbbf062e0ce7fcb78a63b08b5e kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd197308c0e4f738c7ea687d5332035c5753881c kernel.org Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-53276
NVD Published Date:
09/16/2025
NVD Last Modified:
12/03/2025
Source:
kernel.org