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FKIE_CVE-2023-53460

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-10-01 12:15 - Updated: 2025-10-02 19:12

Severity ?

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe() drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c:876 rtw_usb_probe() warn: 'hw' from ieee80211_alloc_hw() not released on lines: 811 Fix this by modifying return to a goto statement.

References

	URL	Tags
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48181d285623198c33bb9698992502687b258efa
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cc92379b80af005e1f49ef6ef790cddc58cf0da

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe()\n\ndrivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c:876 rtw_usb_probe()\nwarn: \u0027hw\u0027 from ieee80211_alloc_hw() not released on lines: 811\n\nFix this by modifying return to a goto statement."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-53460",
  "lastModified": "2025-10-02T19:12:17.160",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-10-01T12:15:47.570",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}

CVE-2023-53460 (GCVE-0-2023-53460)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-01 11:42 – Updated: 2025-10-02 07:04

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cc92379b80af005e…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48181d285623198c3…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Linux

Affected: e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9 , < 6cc92379b80af005e1f49ef6ef790cddc58cf0da (git)
Affected: e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9 , < 48181d285623198c33bb9698992502687b258efa (git)

Linux

Affected: 5.2
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.2 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.3.4 , ≤ 6.3.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.4 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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FKIE_CVE-2023-53460

CVE-2023-53460 (GCVE-0-2023-53460)

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