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Not yet scoredPublished Dec 24, 2025

CVE-2023-54016wifi: ath12k: Fix memory leak in rx_desc and tx_desc

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: Fix memory leak in rx_desc and tx_desc Currently when ath12k_dp_cc_desc_init() is called we allocate memory to rx_descs and tx_descs. In ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup(), during descriptor cleanup rx_descs and tx_descs memory is not freed. This is cause of memory leak. These allocated memory should be freed in ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup. In ath12k_dp_cc_desc_init(), we can save base address of rx_descs and tx_descs. In ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup(), we can free rx_descs and tx_descs memory using their base address. Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.0.1-00029-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

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EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
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Linux
NVD analysis
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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 d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 before e16be2d34883eecfe7fd888fcdb76c7a5db5d187; from d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 before afb522b36e76acaa9f8fc06d0a9742d841c47c16
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