{"id":"CVE-2023-53460","summary":"wifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe()","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-02T09:44:16.398591Z","published":"2025-10-01T11:42:31.620Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53460.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48181d285623198c33bb9698992502687b258efa"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cc92379b80af005e1f49ef6ef790cddc58cf0da"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53460.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53460"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9"},{"fixed":"6cc92379b80af005e1f49ef6ef790cddc58cf0da"},{"fixed":"48181d285623198c33bb9698992502687b258efa"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53460.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}