CVE-2023-53199
Published: Sep 15, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: clean up skbs if ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() fails Syzkaller detected a memory leak of skbs in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream(). While processing skbs in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream(), the already allocated skbs in skb_pool are not freed if ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() fails. If we have an incorrect pkt_len or pkt_tag, the input skb is considered invalid and dropped. All the associated packets already in skb_pool should be dropped and freed. Added a comment describing this issue. The patch also makes remain_skb NULL after being processed so that it cannot be referenced after potential free. The initialization of hif_dev fields which are associated with remain_skb (rx_remain_len, rx_transfer_len and rx_pad_len) is moved after a new remain_skb is allocated. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 44b23b488d44e56d467764ecb661830e5b02b308 - < 3fc6401fafde11712a83089fa2cc874cfd10e2cdaffected 44b23b488d44e56d467764ecb661830e5b02b308 - < cd8316767099920a5d41feed1afab0c482a43e9faffected 44b23b488d44e56d467764ecb661830e5b02b308 - < f26dd69f61eff2eedf5df2d199bdd23108309947affected 44b23b488d44e56d467764ecb661830e5b02b308 - < 61490d2710277e8a55009b7682456ae22f8087cfaffected 44b23b488d44e56d467764ecb661830e5b02b308 - < 9acdec72787af1bc8ed92711b52118c8e3e638a2+2 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 2.6.38unaffected 0 - < 2.6.38unaffected 4.19.276 - <= 4.19.*unaffected 5.4.235 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.173 - <= 5.10.*+4 more versions |
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