CVE-2023-53460

Published: Oct 1, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Linux	Linux	affected `e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9 - < 6cc92379b80af005e1f49ef6ef790cddc58cf0da` affected `e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9 - < 48181d285623198c33bb9698992502687b258efa`
Linux	Linux	affected `5.2` unaffected `0 - < 5.2` unaffected `6.3.4 - <= 6.3.` unaffected `6.4 - <= `

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cc92379b80af005e1f49ef6ef790cddc58cf0da

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48181d285623198c33bb9698992502687b258efa

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CVE-2023-53460

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