CVE-2023-53574 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedOct 4

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: delete timer and free skb queue when unloading Fix possible crash and memory leak on driver unload by deleting TX purge timer and freeing C2H queue in 'rtw_core_deinit()', shrink critical section in the latter by freeing COEX queue out of TX report lock scope.

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_kernel5.2 — 6.5.5
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.5.6-1+1
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxe3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9 — 4128b00a6006870e117ab1841e58f369e9284ecb+2
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.5.6-1 (forky)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2mm9-p89h-xj5v: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: delete timer and free skb queue when unloading Fix possible crash a↗2025-10-04
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OSV
CVE-2023-53574: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: delete timer and free skb queue when unloading Fix possible crash and↗2025-10-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: wifi: rtw88: delete timer and free skb queue when unloading↗2025-10-04
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Debian
CVE-2023-53574: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88...↗2023
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