CVE-2023-53460

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A memory leak exists in the rtw usb probe() function within the Realtek 88 wireless driver (drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c:876). The issue occurs because memory allocated by ieee80211 alloc hw() is not released. The fix involves modifying the return statement to a goto statement.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.