In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix memory leak in mt7915_mcu_exit

Always purge mcu skb queues in mt7915_mcu_exit routine even if
mt7915_firmware_state fails.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00022.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
e57b7901469fc0b021930b83a8094baaf3d81b09 affected < 4cbb876153b63fe248200f734069c6881cf97722
e57b7901469fc0b021930b83a8094baaf3d81b09 affected < 3095fe1e1d3198e62a3c7116c4cf7c734871475f
e57b7901469fc0b021930b83a8094baaf3d81b09 affected < 49bd78282e79ad177d14f37f4049f0605bf92dad
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
5.8 affected —
0 unaffected < 5.8
6.1.16 unaffected ≤ 6.1.*
6.2.3 unaffected ≤ 6.2.*
6.3 unaffected ≤ *

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3095fe1e1d3198e62a3c7116c4cf7c734871475f cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49bd78282e79ad177d14f37f4049f0605bf92dad cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cbb876153b63fe248200f734069c6881cf97722 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100108-CVE-2023-53466-dcff@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53466 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53466 cve-icon
History

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-401
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

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

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix memory leak in mt7915_mcu_exit Always purge mcu skb queues in mt7915_mcu_exit routine even if mt7915_firmware_state fails.
Title wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix memory leak in mt7915_mcu_exit
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-01T11:42:36.809Z

Reserved: 2025-10-01T11:39:39.400Z

Link: CVE-2023-53466

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-10-01T12:15:48.550

Modified: 2026-01-20T15:53:42.200

Link: CVE-2023-53466

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-10-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53466 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-02T08:39:35Z

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