{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-54016","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-12-24T10:53:46.178Z","datePublished":"2025-12-24T10:55:47.691Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:53:39.798Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:53:39.798Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath12k: Fix memory leak in rx_desc and tx_desc\n\nCurrently when ath12k_dp_cc_desc_init() is called we allocate\nmemory to rx_descs and tx_descs. In ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup(), during\ndescriptor cleanup rx_descs and tx_descs memory is not freed.\n\nThis is cause of memory leak. These allocated memory should be\nfreed in ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup.\n\nIn ath12k_dp_cc_desc_init(), we can save base address of rx_descs\nand tx_descs. In ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup(), we can free rx_descs and\ntx_descs memory using their base address.\n\nTested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.0.1-00029-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1"}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp.c","drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp.h"],"versions":[{"version":"d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2","lessThan":"e16be2d34883eecfe7fd888fcdb76c7a5db5d187","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2","lessThan":"afb522b36e76acaa9f8fc06d0a9742d841c47c16","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/ath/ath12k/dp.c","drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp.h"],"versions":[{"version":"6.3","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.5.5","lessThanOrEqual":"6.5.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6","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":"6.3","versionEndExcluding":"6.5.5"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.3","versionEndExcluding":"6.6"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e16be2d34883eecfe7fd888fcdb76c7a5db5d187"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afb522b36e76acaa9f8fc06d0a9742d841c47c16"}],"title":"wifi: ath12k: Fix memory leak in rx_desc and tx_desc","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}