# CVE-2023-52694: drm/bridge: tpd12s015: Drop buggy \_\_exit annotation for remove function

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-17 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/bridge: tpd12s015: Drop buggy __exit annotation for remove function With tpd12s015_remove() marked with __exit this function is discarded when the driver is compiled as a built-in. The result is that when the driver unbinds there is no cleanup done which results in resource leakage or worse.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53926e2a39629702f7f809d614b3ca89c2478205
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08ccff6ece35f08e8107e975903c370d849089e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81f1bd85960b7a089a91e679ff7cd2524390bbf1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8657406e12aa10412134622c58977ac657f16d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e00ec5901954d85b39b5f10f94e60ab9af463eb1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce3e112e7ae854249d8755906acc5f27e1542114

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