CVE-2023-53466

kernel: wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix memory leak in mt7915_mcu_exit

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 1, 2025

Updated · July 22, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix memory leak in mt7915_mcu_exit

Always purge mcu skb queues in mt7915_mcu_exit routine even if mt7915_firmware_state fails.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime