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.
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title wifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe()
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-01T11:42:31.620Z

Reserved: 2025-10-01T11:39:39.399Z

Link: CVE-2023-53460

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-01T12:15:47.570

Modified: 2025-10-01T12:15:47.570

Link: CVE-2023-53460

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