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
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-59901 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
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-401
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low


Tue, 16 Sep 2025 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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
Title drm/client: Fix memory leak in drm_client_modeset_probe
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-16T08:11:21.150Z

Reserved: 2025-09-16T08:09:37.992Z

Link: CVE-2023-53288

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-09-16T08:15:37.940

Modified: 2025-12-03T16:44:27.520

Link: CVE-2023-53288

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-09-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53288 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-09-17T10:05:02Z