CVE-2023-53422
Moderate
wifi: iwlwifi: fw: fix memory leak in debugfs
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: fw: fix memory leak in debugfs Fix a memory leak that occurs when reading the fw_info file all the way, since we return NULL indicating no more data, but don't free the status tracking object.
Exploit probability
0.1%
Published
September 18, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-53422
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: fw: fix memory leak in debugfs Fix a memory leak that occurs when reading the fw_info file all the way, since we return NULL indicating no more data, but don't free the status tracking object.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37f64bc8e001f216566d17ef9fd5608c762ebcd4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d90d2f4a018fe8cfd65068bc6350b6222be4852
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89496d6cff297c88fe0286a440c380ceb172da2b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b830ba20b43be52eae7d4087b61a0079dec56820
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e302e9ca14a86a80eadfb24a34d8675aadaf3ef3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe17124282da055cb2e53f0131521459b5c7866c
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53422.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53422