Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53001
Published: March 27, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU106143
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53001
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the drm_vma_offset_remove(), drm_vma_node_allow() and kfree() functions in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vma_manager.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Linux kernel
openEuler
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
kernel
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
openEuler
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
kernel
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
How to mitigate CVE-2023-53001
Install update from vendor's website.
Linux kernel - addressed in versions 6.1.9, 6.2
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-259.0.0.162