---
id: CVE-2026-53213
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  drm/vc4: fix krealloc() memory leak

  Don't just overwrite the original pointer passed to krealloc()
  with its return value without checking latter:

      MEM = krealloc(M…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  drm/vc4: fix krealloc() memory leak

  Don't just overwrite the original pointer passed to krealloc()
  with its return value without checking latter:

      MEM = krealloc(M…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-401
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 4.8, < 5.15.210'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.176'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.143'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.94'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.36'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 7.0.13'
  - linux_kernel = 7.1
patched:
  - linux_kernel 7.0.13
published: '2026-06-25'
updated: '2026-07-02'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53213'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02f5e4db57c0cdd7bac89d503b301a093a0fa95c'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30165a09f76eaf34951c818eb5d9d6e4771d76f6'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fc692dc6df5bc777cc1bcebf95179e28594875f'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d563a5da8717629ae72f9eadf1e0e340bd1658b'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c034aa0b1ba5f49cbdf8ef193d6ec714d74aac27'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0ce103e89d61eef70edc1d1ae3bfd4c0aacbc2e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd87d6966041e33ef7d2e5dc59f9a52b71c6ae5f'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00123
epssPercentile: 0.01763
ingestedAt: '2026-07-03T13:02:28.042Z'
---

## Overview

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

drm/vc4: fix krealloc() memory leak

Don't just overwrite the original pointer passed to krealloc()
with its return value without checking latter:

    MEM = krealloc(MEM, SZ, GFP);

If krealloc() returns NULL, that erases the pointer
to the still allocated memory, hence leaks this memory.
Instead, use a temporary variable, check it's not NULL
and only then assign it to the original pointer:

    TMP = krealloc(MEM, SZ, GFP);
    if (!TMP) return;
    MEM = TMP;

While on it, use krealloc_array().

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 4.8, < 5.15.210`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.176`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.143`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.94`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.36`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 7.0.13`
- `linux_kernel = 7.1`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 7.0.13`