Memory Leak in RTW88 Driver for Linux Kernel by Realtek

CVE-2023-53529

What is CVE-2023-53529?

The RTW88 driver in the Linux kernel has a vulnerability that results in a memory leak during the USB probe routine. An unreferenced object is left allocated, which can lead to potential performance degradation and resource exhaustion. The leak was confirmed through kmemleak and persists until the driver is unloaded, after which it leaves a dangling pointer. This issue underscores the importance of maintaining updated drivers and monitoring for memory management problems within kernel components.

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