Bug 2420285 (CVE-2023-53808)

Summary: CVE-2023-53808 kernel: wifi: mwifiex: fix memory leak in mwifiex_histogram_read()
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-09 01:05:51 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mwifiex: fix memory leak in mwifiex_histogram_read()

Always free the zeroed page on return from 'mwifiex_histogram_read()'.
Comment 1 Alexander B 2025-12-10 04:20:10 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025120944-CVE-2023-53808-e169@gregkh/T