# CVE-2023-53844: drm/ttm: Don't leak a resource on swapout move error

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-09 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/ttm: Don't leak a resource on swapout move error If moving the bo to system for swapout failed, we were leaking a resource. Fix.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af4e0ce2af8a8f0ff3b89702a1e18d8ec2c4a834
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f037f6038736bd038ddb9c72de979a08cc1ee3b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a5b37ea6797d7a53e6dd004aa37e149f40199ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a590f03d8de7c4cb7ce4916dc7f2fd10711faabe

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