CVE-2023-53430 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 18

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: dma: fix memory leak running mt76_dma_tx_cleanup Fix device unregister memory leak and alway cleanup all configured rx queues in mt76_dma_tx_cleanup routine.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.2 — 6.2.3
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.3.7-1+1
▶CVEListV5linux/linux52546e27787ed005413ac622ae9e4c3087100b50 — 604990fee0a6d608a6cca179ae474f2a1c6add8a+2
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.3.7-1 (forky)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4m4v-fx7f-gv2r: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: dma: fix memory leak running mt76_dma_tx_cleanup Fix device unregist↗2025-09-18
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OSV
CVE-2023-53430: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: dma: fix memory leak running mt76_dma_tx_cleanup Fix device unregister↗2025-09-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: wifi: mt76: dma: fix memory leak running mt76_dma_tx_cleanup↗2025-09-18
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Debian
CVE-2023-53430: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76:...↗2023
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