Bug 2400771 (CVE-2023-53460) - CVE-2023-53460 kernel: wifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe()
Summary: CVE-2023-53460 kernel: wifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-53460
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-10-01 12:06 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-10-01 20:09 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-01 12:06:33 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-10-01 20:07:18 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100106-CVE-2023-53460-cdc8@gregkh/T
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