CVE-2023-53288

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5.5 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

I

n 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

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

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

03 Dec 2025, 16:44

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
CWE CWE-401
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1369d0c586ad44f2d18fe2f4cbc5bcb24132fa71 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1369d0c586ad44f2d18fe2f4cbc5bcb24132fa71 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2329cc7a101af1a844fbf706c0724c0baea38365 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2329cc7a101af1a844fbf706c0724c0baea38365 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d580017bdb9b3e930b6009e467e5e1589f8ca8a - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d580017bdb9b3e930b6009e467e5e1589f8ca8a - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f2a12f64347f535c6ef55fa7eb36a2874d69b59 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f2a12f64347f535c6ef55fa7eb36a2874d69b59 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8108a494639e56aea77e7196a1d6ea89792b9d4a - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8108a494639e56aea77e7196a1d6ea89792b9d4a - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/917bef37cfaca07781c6fbaf6cd9404d27e64e6f - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/917bef37cfaca07781c6fbaf6cd9404d27e64e6f - Patch
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

16 Sep 2025, 12:49

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2025-09-16 08:15

Updated : 2026-01-14 19:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-53288

Mitre link : CVE-2023-53288

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-53288

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Products Affected

linux

CWE
CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime