CVE-2023-53181
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 5.16-6.1.41, 6.1.42-6.1.*, 6.4.7-6.4.*, >=6.5 - Memory Leak via dma_resv_get_fences krealloc Failure
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf/dma-resv: Stop leaking on krealloc() failure Currently dma_resv_get_fences() will leak the previously allocated array if the fence iteration got restarted and the krealloc_array() fails. Free the old array by hand, and make sure we still clear the returned *fences so the caller won't end up accessing freed memory. Some (but not all) of the callers of dma_resv_get_fences() seem to still trawl through the array even when dma_resv_get_fences() failed. And let's zero out *num_fences as well for good measure.
References (3)
Core 3
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0014
EPSS Percentile
4.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (12)
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.1.42linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.4.7linux
Linux/Linux
< 5.16
Linux/Linux
5.16
Linux/Linux
6.1.42 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux
6.4.7 - 6.4.*
Linux/Linux
6.5
Linux/Linux
d3c80698c9f58a0683badf78793eebaa0c71afbd - 05abb3be91d8788328231ee02973ab3d47f5e3d2
Linux/Linux
d3c80698c9f58a0683badf78793eebaa0c71afbd - 19e7b9f1f7e1cb92a4cc53b4c064f7fb4b1f1983
Linux/Linux
d3c80698c9f58a0683badf78793eebaa0c71afbd - 819656cc03dec7f7f7800274dfbc8eb49f888e9f
... and 2 more
Published
Sep 15, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026