CVE-2023-53391: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: shmem: use ramfs_kill_sb() for kill_sb method of ramfs-based tmpfs As the ramfs-based tmpfs uses ramfs_init_fs_context() for the init_fs_context method, which allocates fc->s_fs_info, use ramfs_kill_sb() to free it and avoid a memory leak.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.6.30, before 5.10.188 (fixed in 5.10.188); from 5.11, before 5.15.121 (fixed in 5.15.121); from 5.16, before 6.1.39 (fixed in 6.1.39); from 6.2, before 6.4.4 (fixed in 6.4.4)

Published 2025-09-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.