Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-53562
Published: October 4, 2025 / Updated: October 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116491
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53562
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the msm_drm_uninit(), msm_init_vram() and msm_drm_init() functions in drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-53562
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/544711591a67a6da4d9f0f70ba3c805eb2548729
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60d476af96015891c7959f30838ae7a9749932bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c02e8c1c5b3eb0b6193946194ac280f58f48b3b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3401e07ba98a94b978164b7e873c25e5fc82b4b
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.3.3