CVE-2023-53466 — 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 Lifetime6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.09%
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: 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.

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_kernel5.8 — 6.1.16+1
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.20-1+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxe57b7901469fc0b021930b83a8094baaf3d81b09 — 4cbb876153b63fe248200f734069c6881cf97722+3
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.20-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-p6xh-5j4q-m59x: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix memory leak in mt7915_mcu_exit Always purge mcu skb queu↗2025-10-01
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OSV
CVE-2023-53466: 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↗2025-10-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Microsoft
wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix memory leak in mt7915_mcu_exit↗2025-10-14
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Red Hat
kernel: wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix memory leak in mt7915_mcu_exit↗2025-10-01
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Debian
CVE-2023-53466: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76:...↗2023
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