wifi: rtw88: Fix memory leak in rtw88_usb
Kmemleak shows the following leak arising from routine in the usb
probe routine:
unreferenced object 0xffff895cb29bba00 (size 512):
comm "(udev-worker)", pid 534, jiffies 4294903932 (age 102751.088s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
77 30 30 30 00 00 00 00 02 2f 2d 2b 30 00 00 00 w000...../-+0...
02 00 2a 28 00 00 00 00 ff 55 ff ff ff 00 00 00 ..*(.....U......
backtrace:
[<ffffffff9265fa36>] kmalloc_trace+0x26/0x90
[<ffffffffc17eec41>] rtw_usb_probe+0x2f1/0x680 [rtw_usb]
[<ffffffffc03e19fd>] usb_probe_interface+0xdd/0x2e0 [usbcore]
[<ffffffff92b4f2fe>] really_probe+0x18e/0x3d0
[<ffffffff92b4f5b8>] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x160
[<ffffffff92b4f6bf>] driver_probe_device+0x1f/0x90
[<ffffffff92b4f8df>] __driver_attach+0xbf/0x1b0
[<ffffffff92b4d350>] bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xc0
[<ffffffff92b4e51e>] bus_add_driver+0x10e/0x210
[<ffffffff92b50935>] driver_register+0x55/0xf0
[<ffffffffc03e0708>] usb_register_driver+0x88/0x140 [usbcore]
[<ffffffff92401153>] do_one_initcall+0x43/0x210
[<ffffffff9254f42a>] do_init_module+0x4a/0x200
[<ffffffff92551d1c>] __do_sys_finit_module+0xac/0x120
[<ffffffff92ee6626>] do_syscall_64+0x56/0x80
[<ffffffff9300006a>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
The leak was verified to be real by unloading the driver, which resulted
in a dangling pointer to the allocation.
The allocated memory is freed in rtw_usb_intf_deinit().
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EUVD |
EUVD-2025-31888 |
Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-401 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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cvssV3_1
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cvssV3_1
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Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000
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Linux linux Kernel |
Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000
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threat_severity
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cvssV3_1
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Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: Fix memory leak in rtw88_usb Kmemleak shows the following leak arising from routine in the usb probe routine: unreferenced object 0xffff895cb29bba00 (size 512): comm "(udev-worker)", pid 534, jiffies 4294903932 (age 102751.088s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 77 30 30 30 00 00 00 00 02 2f 2d 2b 30 00 00 00 w000...../-+0... 02 00 2a 28 00 00 00 00 ff 55 ff ff ff 00 00 00 ..*(.....U...... backtrace: [<ffffffff9265fa36>] kmalloc_trace+0x26/0x90 [<ffffffffc17eec41>] rtw_usb_probe+0x2f1/0x680 [rtw_usb] [<ffffffffc03e19fd>] usb_probe_interface+0xdd/0x2e0 [usbcore] [<ffffffff92b4f2fe>] really_probe+0x18e/0x3d0 [<ffffffff92b4f5b8>] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x160 [<ffffffff92b4f6bf>] driver_probe_device+0x1f/0x90 [<ffffffff92b4f8df>] __driver_attach+0xbf/0x1b0 [<ffffffff92b4d350>] bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xc0 [<ffffffff92b4e51e>] bus_add_driver+0x10e/0x210 [<ffffffff92b50935>] driver_register+0x55/0xf0 [<ffffffffc03e0708>] usb_register_driver+0x88/0x140 [usbcore] [<ffffffff92401153>] do_one_initcall+0x43/0x210 [<ffffffff9254f42a>] do_init_module+0x4a/0x200 [<ffffffff92551d1c>] __do_sys_finit_module+0xac/0x120 [<ffffffff92ee6626>] do_syscall_64+0x56/0x80 [<ffffffff9300006a>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 The leak was verified to be real by unloading the driver, which resulted in a dangling pointer to the allocation. The allocated memory is freed in rtw_usb_intf_deinit(). | |
| Title | wifi: rtw88: Fix memory leak in rtw88_usb | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T19:46:44.263Z
Reserved: 2025-10-01T11:39:39.408Z
Link: CVE-2023-53529
No data.
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-10-01T12:15:57.590
Modified: 2026-01-23T20:06:45.883
Link: CVE-2023-53529
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Updated: 2025-10-02T08:38:47Z
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