CVE-2023-53002 Affecting kernel-modules-extra package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-KERNELMODULESEXTRA-9541776
  • published28 Mar 2025
  • disclosed27 Mar 2025

Introduced: 27 Mar 2025

NewCVE-2023-53002  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:9 kernel-modules-extra.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules-extra package and not the kernel-modules-extra package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/i915: Fix a memory leak with reused mmap_offset

drm_vma_node_allow() and drm_vma_node_revoke() should be called in balanced pairs. We call drm_vma_node_allow() once per-file everytime a user calls mmap_offset, but only call drm_vma_node_revoke once per-file on each mmap_offset. As the mmap_offset is reused by the client, the per-file vm_count may remain non-zero and the rbtree leaked.

Call drm_vma_node_allow_once() instead to prevent that memory leak.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1