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CVE-2023-53605: drm: amd: display: Fix memory leakage

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-10-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: amd: display: Fix memory leakage This commit fixes memory leakage in dc_construct_ctx() function.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 4.15 before 5.10.173; from 5.11 before 5.15.99; from 5.16 before 6.1.16; from 6.2 before 6.2.3 — fixed in 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bdea8ee92a6abc650b2189fd5c53f36859baecb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b8701be1f66064ca72733c5f6e13748cdbf8397
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83ace0dd67ee386be1ddcf59dab49d6d9a54e62e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ae15ebaefc4878d614f10cc56ea672f88cea582
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d473c55ce1975c9e601c25293328a5039225d2b2

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