CVE-2023-54131
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2023
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
wifi: rt2x00: Fix memory leak when handling surveys
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rt2x00: Fix memory leak when handling surveys When removing a rt2x00 device, its associated channel surveys are not freed, causing a memory leak observable with kmemleak: unreferenced object 0xffff9620f0881a00 (size 512): comm "systemd-udevd", pid 2290, jiffies 4294906974 (age 33.768s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 70 44 12 00 00 00 00 00 92 8a 00 00 00 00 00 00 pD.............. 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ab 87 01 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffffb0ed858b>] __kmalloc+0x4b/0x130 [<ffffffffc1b0f29b>] rt2800_probe_hw+0xc2b/0x1380 [rt2800lib] [<ffffffffc1a9496e>] rt2800usb_probe_hw+0xe/0x60 [rt2800usb] [<ffffffffc1ae491a>] rt2x00lib_probe_dev+0x21a/0x7d0 [rt2x00lib] [<ffffffffc1b3b83e>] rt2x00usb_probe+0x1be/0x980 [rt2x00usb] [<ffffffffc05981e2>] usb_probe_interface+0xe2/0x310 [usbcore] [<ffffffffb13be2d5>] really_probe+0x1a5/0x410 [<ffffffffb13be5c8>] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x180 [<ffffffffb13be6fe>] driver_probe_device+0x1e/0x90 [<ffffffffb13be972>] __driver_attach+0xd2/0x1c0 [<ffffffffb13bbc57>] bus_for_each_dev+0x77/0xd0 [<ffffffffb13bd2a2>] bus_add_driver+0x112/0x210 [<ffffffffb13bfc6c>] driver_register+0x5c/0x120 [<ffffffffc0596ae8>] usb_register_driver+0x88/0x150 [usbcore] [<ffffffffb0c011c4>] do_one_initcall+0x44/0x220 [<ffffffffb0d6134c>] do_init_module+0x4c/0x220 Fix this by freeing the channel surveys on device removal. Tested with a RT3070 based USB wireless adapter.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5447626910f5b8d964761ed4fa4feaf1a3ac47d0 | affected | git | eb77c0c0a17c53d83b5fe8e46490fb0a7ed9e6af | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5447626910f5b8d964761ed4fa4feaf1a3ac47d0 | affected | git | bea3f8aa999318bdffa2d17753e492f76904f0ce | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5447626910f5b8d964761ed4fa4feaf1a3ac47d0 | affected | git | 494064ffd60d044c097d514917c40913d1affbca | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5447626910f5b8d964761ed4fa4feaf1a3ac47d0 | affected | git | 0354bce76ed1d775904acdb4cc0bf88c5b9b5b9f | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5447626910f5b8d964761ed4fa4feaf1a3ac47d0 | affected | git | cbef9a83c51dfcb07f77cfa6ac26f53a1ea86f49 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.11 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 5.11 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.15.111 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.28 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.2.15 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.2.* | None listed |
| 6.3.2 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.3.* | None listed |
| 6.4 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |