CVE-2023-53574

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53574
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53574.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53574
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-10-04T15:17:14Z
Modified
2026-08-12T03:51:30Z
Summary
wifi: rtw88: delete timer and free skb queue when unloading
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53574.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / 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
4128b00a6006870e117ab1841e58f369e9284ecb
Fixed
634fcbcaa4062db39aeb5ac6ed1bc1feb8dd5216

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53574.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.2.0
Fixed
6.5.5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53574.json"