{"cve":"CVE-2023-54091","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-24T13:16:10.970","modified":"2026-06-17T06:46:47.153","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/client: Fix memory leak in drm_client_target_cloned\n\ndmt_mode is allocated and never freed in this function.\nIt was found with the ast driver, but most drivers using generic fbdev\nsetup are probably affected.\n\nThis fixes the following kmemleak report:\n  backtrace:\n    [<00000000b391296d>] drm_mode_duplicate+0x45/0x220 [drm]\n    [<00000000e45bb5b3>] drm_client_target_cloned.constprop.0+0x27b/0x480 [drm]\n    [<00000000ed2d3a37>] drm_client_modeset_probe+0x6bd/0xf50 [drm]\n    [<0000000010e5cc9d>] __drm_fb_helper_initial_config_and_unlock+0xb4/0x2c0 [drm_kms_helper]\n    [<00000000909f82ca>] drm_fbdev_client_hotplug+0x2bc/0x4d0 [drm_kms_helper]\n    [<00000000063a69aa>] drm_client_register+0x169/0x240 [drm]\n    [<00000000a8c61525>] ast_pci_probe+0x142/0x190 [ast]\n    [<00000000987f19bb>] local_pci_probe+0xdc/0x180\n    [<000000004fca231b>] work_for_cpu_fn+0x4e/0xa0\n    [<0000000000b85301>] process_one_work+0x8b7/0x1540\n    [<000000003375b17c>] worker_thread+0x70a/0xed0\n    [<00000000b0d43cd9>] kthread+0x29f/0x340\n    [<000000008d770833>] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30\nunreferenced object 0xff11000333089a00 (size 128):","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/105275879a80503686a8108af2f5c579a1c5aef4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b596a6e2d2e0f9c14e4122506dd715f43fcd727","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52daf6ba2e0d201640cb1ce42049c5c4426b4d6e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4b978249e8fa94956fce8b70a709f7797716f62","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a85e23a1ef63e45a18f0a30d7816fcb4a865ca95"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:18:08.089039631+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-54091","score":0.00257,"percentile":0.17409,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}