CVE-2023-53288

MEDIUM EPSS 3.4%
Published Sep 16, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 16, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
3.4% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 7

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel* <5.4.251
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.188
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.123
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.42
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.4.7
linuxlinux_kernel6.5any
linuxlinux_kernel6.5any

References 6

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1369d0c586ad44f2d18fe2f4cbc5bcb24132fa71
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2329cc7a101af1a844fbf706c0724c0baea38365
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d580017bdb9b3e930b6009e467e5e1589f8ca8a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f2a12f64347f535c6ef55fa7eb36a2874d69b59
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8108a494639e56aea77e7196a1d6ea89792b9d4a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/917bef37cfaca07781c6fbaf6cd9404d27e64e6f
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1369d0c586ad44f2d18fe2f4cbc5bcb24132fa71
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2329cc7a101af1a844fbf706c0724c0baea38365
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d580017bdb9b3e930b6009e467e5e1589f8ca8a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f2a12f64347f535c6ef55fa7eb36a2874d69b59
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8108a494639e56aea77e7196a1d6ea89792b9d4a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/917bef37cfaca07781c6fbaf6cd9404d27e64e6f
    Patch