{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6cc92379b80af005e1f49ef6ef790cddc58cf0da"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "48181d285623198c33bb9698992502687b258efa"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53460.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe()\n\ndrivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c:876 rtw_usb_probe()\nwarn: 'hw' from ieee80211_alloc_hw() not released on lines: 811\n\nFix this by modifying return to a goto statement.",
  "id": "CVE-2023-53460",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T23:09:35.368516488Z",
  "published": "2025-10-01T11:42:31.620Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48181d285623198c33bb9698992502687b258efa"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cc92379b80af005e1f49ef6ef790cddc58cf0da"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53460.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53460"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "summary": "wifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe()"
}