CVE-2023-53460 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 1
Latest updateOct 14

Description

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.

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 Packages5 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.2 — 6.3.4
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.3.7-1+1
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxe3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9 — 6cc92379b80af005e1f49ef6ef790cddc58cf0da+2
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.3.7-1 (forky)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-qhcv-7g4x-gf9r: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe() drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw↗2025-10-01
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OSV
CVE-2023-53460: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe() drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88↗2025-10-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Microsoft
wifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe()↗2025-10-14
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Red Hat
kernel: wifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe()↗2025-10-01
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Debian
CVE-2023-53460: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88...↗2023
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