CVE-2026-43269

MEDIUM

drm/atmel-hlcdc: fix memory leak from the atomic_destroy_state callback

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/atmel-hlcdc: fix memory leak from the atomic_destroy_state callback After several commits, the slab memory increases. Some drm_crtc_commit objects are not freed. The atomic_destroy_state callback only put the framebuffer. Use the __drm_atomic_helper_plane_destroy_state() function to put all the objects that are no longer needed. It has been seen after hours of usage of a graphics application or using kmemleak: unreferenced object 0xc63a6580 (size 64): comm "egt_basic", pid 171, jiffies 4294940784 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 40 50 34 c5 01 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 8c 65 3a c6 @P4..........e:. 8c 65 3a c6 ff ff ff ff 98 65 3a c6 98 65 3a c6 .e:......e:..e:. backtrace (crc c25aa925): kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x3c __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x150/0x1a4 drm_atomic_helper_setup_commit+0x1e8/0x7bc drm_atomic_helper_commit+0x3c/0x15c drm_atomic_commit+0xc0/0xf4 drm_atomic_helper_set_config+0x84/0xb8 drm_mode_setcrtc+0x32c/0x810 drm_ioctl+0x20c/0x488 sys_ioctl+0x14c/0xc20 ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x54

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (27)
Linux/Linux < 4.1
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 082271e364a3205598c2e4e6233a9f49ce7941cf
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 25e832a7830740e72103eb0b527680a4b64bbcb3
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 3e64e78f4a70e3f6ac8fe5a7071f08ffd25a2489
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 5718d98976ad6b9700e5a6afec67fc47a8a92580
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 57fa3487acfa3467405f8506b94682abd96e7393
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 6d4e91ab97fda64e8cf9c8881cc3b4da026bd849
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - ec40702029b08ee8d5f5b03303d64a10e74a957b
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - f12352471061df83a36edf54bbb16284793284e4
Linux/Linux 2389fc1305fc1e2cf8b310a75463fefd3058bf48 - 082271e364a3205598c2e4e6233a9f49ce7941cf
... and 17 more
Published May 06, 2026
Tracked Since May 06, 2026