CVE-2023-53288 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 16

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+…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.5 — 5.10.188+5
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.191-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxa2889606636d135148de101fe3311dfea67baf1c — 5d580017bdb9b3e930b6009e467e5e1589f8ca8a+7
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2023-53288: 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↗2025-09-16
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GHSA
GHSA-5c8m-gj2j-m6jw: 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 t↗2025-09-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: drm/client: Fix memory leak in drm_client_modeset_probe↗2025-09-16
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Debian
CVE-2023-53288: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/client:...↗2023
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