---
id: CVE-2023-53085
title: 'drm/edid: fix info leak when failing to get panel id'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  drm/edid: fix info leak when failing to get panel id

  Make sure to clear the transfer buffer before fetching the EDID to
  avoid leaking slab data to the logs on errors t…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 69c7717c20cc87105b8b54ba43d12ca4e432a1a5 <
    598c42c78919117dc0d235ae22d17ad642377483
  - >-
    Linux >= 69c7717c20cc87105b8b54ba43d12ca4e432a1a5 <
    4d8457fe0eb9c80ff7795cf8a30962128b71d853
  - Linux 6.2
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-05T20:16:49.416899Z'
published: '2025-05-02'
updated: '2026-11-05'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-05T20:20:59.814Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53085'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/598c42c78919117dc0d235ae22d17ad642377483'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d8457fe0eb9c80ff7795cf8a30962128b71d853'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00186
epssPercentile: 0.0825
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T22:38:31.766Z'
---

## Overview

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

drm/edid: fix info leak when failing to get panel id

Make sure to clear the transfer buffer before fetching the EDID to
avoid leaking slab data to the logs on errors that leave the buffer
unchanged.

## Affected

- `Linux >= 69c7717c20cc87105b8b54ba43d12ca4e432a1a5 < 598c42c78919117dc0d235ae22d17ad642377483`
- `Linux >= 69c7717c20cc87105b8b54ba43d12ca4e432a1a5 < 4d8457fe0eb9c80ff7795cf8a30962128b71d853`
- `Linux 6.2`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.