{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-53460","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-10-01T11:39:39.399Z","datePublished":"2025-10-01T11:42:31.620Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:45:26.102Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:45:26.102Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe()\n\ndrivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c:876 rtw_usb_probe()\nwarn: 'hw' from ieee80211_alloc_hw() not released on lines: 811\n\nFix this by modifying return to a goto statement."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c"],"versions":[{"version":"e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9","lessThan":"6cc92379b80af005e1f49ef6ef790cddc58cf0da","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9","lessThan":"48181d285623198c33bb9698992502687b258efa","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"5.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.3.4","lessThanOrEqual":"6.3.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.4","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.2","versionEndExcluding":"6.3.4"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.2","versionEndExcluding":"6.4"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cc92379b80af005e1f49ef6ef790cddc58cf0da"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48181d285623198c33bb9698992502687b258efa"}],"title":"wifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}