linux — security advisory

{
  "id": "b3a322a8d7f92f44672510070f741102b7bc9704e394acb7e3f8d64409012905",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53278",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53278",
    "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ubifs: Fix memory leak in ubifs_sysfs_init() When insmod ubifs.ko, a kmemleak reported as below: unreferenced object 0xffff88817fb1a780 (size 8): comm \"insmod\", pid 25265, jiffies 4295239702 (age 100.130s) hex dump (first 8 bytes): 75 62 69 66 73 00 ff ff ubifs... backtrace: [] slab_post_alloc_hook+0x9c/0x3c0 [] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x183/0x410 [] kstrdup+0x3a/0x80 [] kstrdup_const+0x66/0x80 [] kvasprintf_const+0x155/0x190 [] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x5b/0x150 [] kobject_set_name+0xbb/0xf0 [] do_one_initcall+0x14c/0x5a0 [] do_init_module+0x1f0/0x660 [] load_module+0x6d7e/0x7590 [] __do_sys_finit_module+0x19f/0x230 [] __x64_sys_finit_module+0x73/0xb0 [] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd When kset_register() failed, we should call kset_put to cleanup it.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53278",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "linux",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "6.1.20-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "linux",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "6.1.20-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "linux",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "6.1.20-1",
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          }
        ],
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    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53278",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53278"
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "6.1.20-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "linux",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53278.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
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              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
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                  "introduced": "0"
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                {
                  "fixed": "6.1.20-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "linux",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53278.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "6.1.20-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "linux",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53278.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T18:02:52.497800080Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2023-53278"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53278"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-53278",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 457098,
  "published_at": "2025-09-16T08:15:36.697+00:00"
}