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GHSA-6RHX-7F5J-52MJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-17 15:31 – Updated: 2025-09-19 21:31

Details

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

wifi: ath12k: fix the error handler of rfkill config

When the core rfkill config throws error, it should free the allocated resources. Currently it is not freeing the core pdev create resources. Avoid this issue by calling the core pdev destroy in the error handler of core rfkill config.

Found this issue in the code review and it is compile tested only.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2023-52688 (GCVE-0-2023-52688)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-17 14:24 – Updated: 2025-05-04 07:41

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix the error handler of rfkill config When the core rfkill config throws error, it should free the allocated resources. Currently it is not freeing the core pdev create resources. Avoid this issue by calling the core pdev destroy in the error handler of core rfkill config. Found this issue in the code review and it is compile tested only.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

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	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/898d8b3e1414cd900…

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Linux

Affected: 004ccbc0dd49c63576a4c60a663a38dd3cb6bee5 , < b4e593a7a22fa3c7d0550ef51c90b5c21f790aa8 (git)
Affected: 004ccbc0dd49c63576a4c60a663a38dd3cb6bee5 , < 898d8b3e1414cd900492ee6a0b582f8095ba4a1a (git)

Linux

Affected: 6.7
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.7 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.7.2 , ≤ 6.7.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.8 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-6RHX-7F5J-52MJ

CVE-2023-52688 (GCVE-0-2023-52688)

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