CVE-2023-53422

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - Memory Leak

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: fw: fix memory leak in debugfs Fix a memory leak that occurs when reading the fw_info file all the way, since we return NULL indicating no more data, but don't free the status tracking object.

References (6)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37f64bc8e001f216566d17ef9fd5608c762ebcd4

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d90d2f4a018fe8cfd65068bc6350b6222be4852

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89496d6cff297c88fe0286a440c380ceb172da2b

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b830ba20b43be52eae7d4087b61a0079dec56820

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e302e9ca14a86a80eadfb24a34d8675aadaf3ef3

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe17124282da055cb2e53f0131521459b5c7866c

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 2.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.10.180

Timeline

Published Sep 18, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026