CVE-2023-53422
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BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-09-18
Last updated on: 2025-12-11
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.8 (inc) to 5.10.180 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.11 (inc) to 5.15.111 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.16 (inc) to 6.1.28 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.2 (inc) to 6.2.15 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.3 (inc) to 6.3.2 (exc) |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-401 | The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse. |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a memory leak in the Linux kernel's iwlwifi driver firmware debugfs interface. Specifically, when reading the fw_info file completely, the code returns NULL to indicate no more data but fails to free the associated status tracking object, causing a memory leak.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The memory leak can lead to increased memory usage over time, potentially degrading system performance or causing resource exhaustion if the fw_info file is read repeatedly without a system restart or memory cleanup.
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