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drm/vkms: Fix memory leak in vkms_init()

Published Sep 15, 2025 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-intel Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

drm/vkms: Fix memory leak in vkms_init()

A memory leak was reported after the vkms module install failed.

unreferenced object 0xffff88810bc28520 (size 16):
comm "modprobe", pid 9662, jiffies 4298009455 (age 42.590s)
hex dump (first 16 bytes):
01 01 00 64 81 88 ff ff 00 00 dc 0a 81 88 ff ff ...d............
backtrace:
[<00000000e7561ff8>] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0x60
[<000000000b1954a0>] 0xffffffffc45200a9
[<00000000abbf1da0>] do_one_initcall+0xd0/0x4f0
[<000000001505ee87>] do_init_module+0x1a4/0x680
[<00000000958079ad>] load_module+0x6249/0x7110
[<00000000117e4696>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x140/0x200
[<00000000f74b12d2>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
[<000000008fc6fcde>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

The reason is that the vkms_init() returns without checking the return
value of vkms_create(), and if the vkms_create() failed, the config
allocated at the beginning of vkms_init() is leaked.

vkms_init()
config = kmalloc(...) # config allocated
...
return vkms_create() # vkms_create failed and config is leaked

Fix this problem by checking return value of vkms_create() and free the
config if error happened.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.12 5.15.99

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.1.20-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.1.20-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.20-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1019.21 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +9 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-75.82 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1038.43 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1040.47 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1041.48.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1036.44 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1036.41 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1022.27 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1032.35 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1033.38 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1035.40 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1027.27 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1015.15 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1037.43 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1038.43~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1040.47~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1036.44~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-75.82~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1033.38~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1015.15~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1037.43~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1035.39~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1033.35 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1040.45 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3 RHSA-2023:6583
RHEL 9 rv +64 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 RHSA-2023:6583
RHEL 8 kernel-rt +12 4.18.0-553.70.1.rt7.411.el8_10 RHSA-2025:13961
RHEL 8 perf +26 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 RHSA-2025:13960, RHSA-2023:7077
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9.0 E4S kernel-rt +12 5.14.0-70.146.1.rt21.218.el9_0 RHSA-2025:15658
RHEL 9.0 E4S perf +28 5.14.0-70.146.1.el9_0 RHSA-2025:15670

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 8 kernel-rt +9 4.18.0-553.70.1.rt7.411.el8_10 ALSA-2025:13961
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1.150500.6.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.179.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.179.1.150400.24.92.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1
Show 11 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1.150500.6.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.179.1.150400.24.92.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150400.24.179.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1.150500.6.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.109.1 SUSE-SU-2025:3761-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.179.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.179.1.150400.24.92.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.133.1 SUSE-SU-2025:3716-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.179.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.179.1.150400.24.92.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.133.1 SUSE-SU-2025:3716-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_31 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.179.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_45 1-150400.9.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.124.1.150500.6.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.179.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.179.1.150400.24.92.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.179.1.150400.24.92.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 kernel-syms +3 5.14.21-150400.24.179.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.179.1.150400.24.92.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 kernel-syms +2 5.14.21-150400.24.179.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1

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