CVE-2023-53422

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.8-5.10.180 - Use-After-Free in iwlwifi DebugFS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 6

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (15)
Linux/Linux < 5.8
Linux/Linux 36dfe9ac6e8b8fc2e25733d003a867a40db791da - 37f64bc8e001f216566d17ef9fd5608c762ebcd4
Linux/Linux 36dfe9ac6e8b8fc2e25733d003a867a40db791da - 3d90d2f4a018fe8cfd65068bc6350b6222be4852
Linux/Linux 36dfe9ac6e8b8fc2e25733d003a867a40db791da - 89496d6cff297c88fe0286a440c380ceb172da2b
Linux/Linux 36dfe9ac6e8b8fc2e25733d003a867a40db791da - b830ba20b43be52eae7d4087b61a0079dec56820
Linux/Linux 36dfe9ac6e8b8fc2e25733d003a867a40db791da - e302e9ca14a86a80eadfb24a34d8675aadaf3ef3
Linux/Linux 36dfe9ac6e8b8fc2e25733d003a867a40db791da - fe17124282da055cb2e53f0131521459b5c7866c
Linux/Linux 5.10.180 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.111 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.8
... and 5 more
Published Sep 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026