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GHSA-P6XH-5J4Q-M59X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-01 12:30 – Updated: 2026-01-20 18:31

Details

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

wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix memory leak in mt7915_mcu_exit

Always purge mcu skb queues in mt7915_mcu_exit routine even if mt7915_firmware_state fails.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2023-53466 (GCVE-0-2023-53466)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-01 11:42 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:45

Title

wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix memory leak in mt7915_mcu_exit

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix memory leak in mt7915_mcu_exit Always purge mcu skb queues in mt7915_mcu_exit routine even if mt7915_firmware_state fails.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cbb876153b63fe24…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3095fe1e1d3198e62…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49bd78282e79ad177…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: e57b7901469fc0b021930b83a8094baaf3d81b09 , < 4cbb876153b63fe248200f734069c6881cf97722 (git) Affected: e57b7901469fc0b021930b83a8094baaf3d81b09 , < 3095fe1e1d3198e62a3c7116c4cf7c734871475f (git) Affected: e57b7901469fc0b021930b83a8094baaf3d81b09 , < 49bd78282e79ad177d14f37f4049f0605bf92dad (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.8 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.8 (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.16 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.2.3 , ≤ 6.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-P6XH-5J4Q-M59X

CVE-2023-53466 (GCVE-0-2023-53466)

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