Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/connector: hdmi: Fix memory leak in drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic()
modprobe drm_connector_test and then rmmod drm_connector_test,
the following memory leak occurs.
The `mode` allocated in drm_mode_duplicate() called by
drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic() is not freed, which cause the memory leak:
unreferenced object 0xffffff80cb0ee400 (size 128):
comm "kunit_try_catch", pid 1948, jiffies 4294950339
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
14 44 02 00 80 07 d8 07 04 08 98 08 00 00 38 04 .D............8.
3c 04 41 04 65 04 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 <.A.e...........
backtrace (crc 90e9585c):
[<00000000ec42e3d7>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40
[<00000000d0ef055a>] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x26c/0x2f4
[<00000000c2062161>] drm_mode_duplicate+0x44/0x19c
[<00000000f96c74aa>] drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic+0x88/0x98
[<00000000d8f2c8b4>] 0xffffffdc982a4868
[<000000005d164dbc>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac
[<000000006fb23398>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec
[<000000006ea56ca0>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374
[<000000000676063f>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
......
Free `mode` by using drm_kunit_display_mode_from_cea_vic()
to fix it.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.11 | 6.11.7 |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 6.11.7-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 6.11.7-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-oem-6.11 | 6.11.0-1015.15 | USN-7310-1 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +26 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +13 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | kernel-source | 6.11.8-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | kernel-source-longterm | 6.12.11-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1 |
Advisories 4
- WID-SEC-2024-3397 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten Angriff BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 11, 2026
- USN-7310-1 linux-oem-6.11 vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 3, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1 kernel-devel-longterm-6.12.11-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1 kernel-devel-6.11.8-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026