Bug 2401475 (CVE-2023-53574)

Summary: CVE-2023-53574 kernel: wifi: rtw88: delete timer and free skb queue when unloading
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-04 16:02:35 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Alexander B 2025-10-06 16:39:05 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100454-CVE-2023-53574-f72d@gregkh/T