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

wifi: rtw88: delete timer and free skb queue when unloading

Fix possible crash and memory leak on driver unload by deleting
TX purge timer and freeing C2H queue in 'rtw_core_deinit()',
shrink critical section in the latter by freeing COEX queue
out of TX report lock scope.
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 15:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: delete timer and free skb queue when unloading Fix possible crash and memory leak on driver unload by deleting TX purge timer and freeing C2H queue in 'rtw_core_deinit()', shrink critical section in the latter by freeing COEX queue out of TX report lock scope.
Title wifi: rtw88: delete timer and free skb queue when unloading
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-04T15:17:14.532Z

Reserved: 2025-10-04T15:14:15.925Z

Link: CVE-2023-53574

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-04T16:15:53.023

Modified: 2025-10-04T16:15:53.023

Link: CVE-2023-53574

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