CVE-2023-53288
drm/client: Fix memory leak in drm_client_modeset_probe
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/client: Fix memory leak in drm_client_modeset_probe When a new mode is set to modeset->mode, the previous mode should be freed. This fixes the following kmemleak report: drm_mode_duplicate+0x45/0x220 [drm] drm_client_modeset_probe+0x944/0xf50 [drm] __drm_fb_helper_initial_config_and_unlock+0xb4/0x2c0 [drm_kms_helper] drm_fbdev_client_hotplug+0x2bc/0x4d0 [drm_kms_helper] drm_client_register+0x169/0x240 [drm] ast_pci_probe+0x142/0x190 [ast] local_pci_probe+0xdc/0x180 work_for_cpu_fn+0x4e/0xa0 process_one_work+0x8b7/0x1540 worker_thread+0x70a/0xed0 kthread+0x29f/0x340 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.15% · top 96% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected a2889606636d135148de101fe3311dfea67baf1c – < 5d580017bdb9b3e930b6009e467e5e1589f8ca8a
- affected a2889606636d135148de101fe3311dfea67baf1c – < 5f2a12f64347f535c6ef55fa7eb36a2874d69b59
- affected a2889606636d135148de101fe3311dfea67baf1c – < 1369d0c586ad44f2d18fe2f4cbc5bcb24132fa71
- affected a2889606636d135148de101fe3311dfea67baf1c – < 917bef37cfaca07781c6fbaf6cd9404d27e64e6f
- affected a2889606636d135148de101fe3311dfea67baf1c – < 8108a494639e56aea77e7196a1d6ea89792b9d4a
- affected a2889606636d135148de101fe3311dfea67baf1c – < 2329cc7a101af1a844fbf706c0724c0baea38365
- affected 0cc98b5963f8886887aab0ded61970bdccfc2350
- affected 4.8.7 – < 4.9
- affected 4.9
- unaffected < 4.9
- unaffected 5.4.251 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.188 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.123 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.42 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.4.7 – ≤ 6.4.*
- unaffected 6.5 – ≤ *
References (6)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d580017bdb9b3e930b6009e467e5e1589f8ca8a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f2a12f64347f535c6ef55fa7eb36a2874d69b59 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1369d0c586ad44f2d18fe2f4cbc5bcb24132fa71 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/917bef37cfaca07781c6fbaf6cd9404d27e64e6f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8108a494639e56aea77e7196a1d6ea89792b9d4a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2329cc7a101af1a844fbf706c0724c0baea38365 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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