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CVE-2023-54091 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/client: Fix memory leak in drm_client_target_cloned dmt_mode is allocated and never freed in this function. It was found with the ast driver, but most drivers using generic fbdev setup are probably affected. This fixes the following kmemleak report: backtrace: [<00000000b391296d>] drm_mode_duplicate+0x45/0x220 [drm] [<00000000e45bb5b3>] drm_client_target_cloned.constprop.0+0x27b/0x480 [drm] [<00000000ed2d3a37>] drm_client_modeset_probe+0x6bd/0xf50 [drm] [<0000000010e5cc9d>] __drm_fb_helper_initial_config_and_unlock+0xb4/0x2c0 [drm_kms_helper] [<00000000909f82ca>] drm_fbdev_client_hotplug+0x2bc/0x4d0 [drm_kms_helper] [<00000000063a69aa>] drm_client_register+0x169/0x240 [drm] [<00000000a8c61525>] ast_pci_probe+0x142/0x190 [ast] [<00000000987f19bb>] local_pci_probe+0xdc/0x180 [<000000004fca231b>] work_for_cpu_fn+0x4e/0xa0 [<0000000000b85301>] process_one_work+0x8b7/0x1540 [<000000003375b17c>] worker_thread+0x70a/0xed0 [<00000000b0d43cd9>] kthread+0x29f/0x340 [<000000008d770833>] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 unreferenced object 0xff11000333089a00 (size 128):


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/105275879a80503686a8108af2f5c579a1c5aef4 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b596a6e2d2e0f9c14e4122506dd715f43fcd727 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52daf6ba2e0d201640cb1ce42049c5c4426b4d6e kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4b978249e8fa94956fce8b70a709f7797716f62 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a85e23a1ef63e45a18f0a30d7816fcb4a865ca95 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5359d7a5087ac398fc429da6833133b4784c268 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2a88e8bdf5f6239948d75283d0ae7e0c7945b03 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3009700f48602b557eade1f22c98b6bc20247e8 kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-54091
NVD Published Date:
12/24/2025
NVD Last Modified:
12/24/2025
Source:
kernel.org