Linux Kernel up to 6.2.2 radeon atom_index_iio allocation of resources

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Linux Kernel up to 6.2.2. Affected is the function atom_index_iio of the component radeon. Performing a manipulation results in allocation of resources. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-53453. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.2.2. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function atom_index_iio of the component radeon. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/radeon: free iio for atombios when driver shutdown Fix below kmemleak when unload radeon driver: unreferenced object 0xffff9f8608ede200 (size 512): comm "systemd-udevd", pid 326, jiffies 4294682822 (age 716.338s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 c4 aa ec aa 14 ab 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<0000000062fadebe>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x2f1/0x500 [<00000000b6883cea>] atom_parse+0x117/0x230 [radeon] [<00000000158c23fd>] radeon_atombios_init+0xab/0x170 [radeon] [<00000000683f672e>] si_init+0x57/0x750 [radeon] [<00000000566cc31f>] radeon_device_init+0x559/0x9c0 [radeon] [<0000000046efabb3>] radeon_driver_load_kms+0xc1/0x1a0 [radeon] [<00000000b5155064>] drm_dev_register+0xdd/0x1d0 [<0000000045fec835>] radeon_pci_probe+0xbd/0x100 [radeon] [<00000000e69ecca3>] pci_device_probe+0xe1/0x160 [<0000000019484b76>] really_probe.part.0+0xc1/0x2c0 [<000000003f2649da>] __driver_probe_device+0x96/0x130 [<00000000231c5bb1>] driver_probe_device+0x24/0xf0 [<0000000000a42377>] __driver_attach+0x77/0x190 [<00000000d7574da6>] bus_for_each_dev+0x7f/0xd0 [<00000000633166d2>] driver_attach+0x1e/0x30 [<00000000313b05b8>] bus_add_driver+0x12c/0x1e0 iio was allocated in atom_index_iio() called by atom_parse(), but it doesn't got released when the dirver is shutdown. Fix this kmemleak by free it in radeon_atombios_fini().

The weakness was shared by shutdown. The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-53453 since 09/17/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 4.14.308, 4.19.276, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16 or 6.2.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch cb109cedbba11c33473e6780c256d8442a9e4460/9cdb96b55651c92fc949cfd54124406c3c912b6b/f9f55fc64928b5e30d78f861c5fc76db9e769ebb/ce9e9d3dcbb0d1551ffd1a7f16e7c051f3ba4140/cda2f7efbc2d857220dad32e315a54565b285c1c/107b8b542bb9dab4cbdc3276c85fbdd7f6782313/e2791f2f4d1d804e45fa91b14295c326b64c65f1/4773fadedca918faec443daaca5e4ea1c0ced144 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2025-32812) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2187). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 4.14.307
• 4.19.275
• 5.4.234
• 5.10.172
• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
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• 5.15.81
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• 5.15.84
• 5.15.85
• 5.15.86
• 5.15.87
• 5.15.88
• 5.15.89
• 5.15.90
• 5.15.91
• 5.15.92
• 5.15.93
• 5.15.94
• 5.15.95
• 5.15.96
• 5.15.97
• 5.15.98
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
• 6.1.8
• 6.1.9
• 6.1.10
• 6.1.11
• 6.1.12
• 6.1.13
• 6.1.14
• 6.1.15
• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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