CVE-2023-53677 — 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 95.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedOct 7

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: Fix memory leaks in i915 selftests This patch fixes memory leaks on error escapes in function fake_get_pages (cherry picked from commit 8bfbdadce85c4c51689da10f39c805a7106d4567)

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_kernel6.3 — 6.3.2
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.3.7-1+1
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxc3bfba9a222550406082c92bbabc9c8b1355d8b8 — 596d7308e189a3230bf33d667b64acc73846c2d0+2
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.3.7-1 (forky)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-cpqv-3mxp-373v: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: Fix memory leaks in i915 selftests This patch fixes memory leaks on er↗2025-10-07
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OSV
CVE-2023-53677: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: Fix memory leaks in i915 selftests This patch fixes memory leaks on erro↗2025-10-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: drm/i915: Fix memory leaks in i915 selftests↗2025-10-07
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Debian
CVE-2023-53677: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: F...↗2023
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