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CVE-2023-54001staging: r8712: Fix memory leak in _r8712_init_xmit_priv()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 7:23 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: r8712: Fix memory leak in _r8712_init_xmit_priv() In the above mentioned routine, memory is allocated in several places. If the first succeeds and a later one fails, the routine will leak memory. This patch fixes commit 2865d42c78a9 ("staging: r8712u: Add the new driver to the mainline kernel"). A potential memory leak in r8712_xmit_resource_alloc() is also addressed.

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef before fc511ae405f7ba29fbcb0246061ec15c272386e1; from 2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef before acacdbe0f740ca8c5d5da73d50870903a3ded677; 2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef builds before 41e05572e871b10dbdc168c76175c97982daf4a4; from 2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef before 874555472c736813ba1f4baf0b4c09c8e26d81ea; from 2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef before ac83631230f77dda94154ed0ebfd368fc81c70a3	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc511ae405f7ba29fbcb0246061ec15c272386e1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acacdbe0f740ca8c5d5da73d50870903a3ded677
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41e05572e871b10dbdc168c76175c97982daf4a4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/874555472c736813ba1f4baf0b4c09c8e26d81ea
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac83631230f77dda94154ed0ebfd368fc81c70a3

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