CVE-2023-53574

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.2-6.5.4 - Use-After-Free in rtw88 WiFi Driver

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4128b00a6006870e117ab1841e58f369e9284ecb

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/634fcbcaa4062db39aeb5ac6ed1bc1feb8dd5216

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0012

EPSS Percentile 2.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Products (7)

Linux/Linux < 5.2

Linux/Linux 5.2

Linux/Linux 6.5.5 - 6.5.*

Linux/Linux 6.6

Linux/Linux e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9 - 4128b00a6006870e117ab1841e58f369e9284ecb

Linux/Linux e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9 - 634fcbcaa4062db39aeb5ac6ed1bc1feb8dd5216

linux/linux_kernel 5.2 - 6.5.5

Published Oct 04, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026