---
id: CVE-2023-53605
title: 'drm: amd: display: Fix memory leakage'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  drm: amd: display: Fix memory leakage

  This commit fixes memory leakage in dc_construct_ctx() function.
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <
    d473c55ce1975c9e601c25293328a5039225d2b2
  - >-
    Linux >= 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <
    9ae15ebaefc4878d614f10cc56ea672f88cea582
  - >-
    Linux >= 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <
    83ace0dd67ee386be1ddcf59dab49d6d9a54e62e
  - >-
    Linux >= 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <
    1bdea8ee92a6abc650b2189fd5c53f36859baecb
  - >-
    Linux >= 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <
    6b8701be1f66064ca72733c5f6e13748cdbf8397
  - Linux 4.15
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-05T20:25:19.882362Z'
published: '2025-10-04'
updated: '2026-11-05'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-05T20:31:17.155Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53605'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d473c55ce1975c9e601c25293328a5039225d2b2'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ae15ebaefc4878d614f10cc56ea672f88cea582'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83ace0dd67ee386be1ddcf59dab49d6d9a54e62e'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bdea8ee92a6abc650b2189fd5c53f36859baecb'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b8701be1f66064ca72733c5f6e13748cdbf8397'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00148
epssPercentile: 0.0403
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T22:38:31.817Z'
---

## Overview

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

drm: amd: display: Fix memory leakage

This commit fixes memory leakage in dc_construct_ctx() function.

## Affected

- `Linux >= 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c < d473c55ce1975c9e601c25293328a5039225d2b2`
- `Linux >= 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c < 9ae15ebaefc4878d614f10cc56ea672f88cea582`
- `Linux >= 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c < 83ace0dd67ee386be1ddcf59dab49d6d9a54e62e`
- `Linux >= 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c < 1bdea8ee92a6abc650b2189fd5c53f36859baecb`
- `Linux >= 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c < 6b8701be1f66064ca72733c5f6e13748cdbf8397`
- `Linux 4.15`

## Remediation

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