{"id":"CVE-2023-53602","summary":"wifi: ath11k: fix memory leak in WMI firmware stats","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath11k: fix memory leak in WMI firmware stats\n\nMemory allocated for firmware pdev, vdev and beacon statistics\nare not released during rmmod.\n\nFix it by calling ath11k_fw_stats_free() function before hardware\nunregister.\n\nWhile at it, avoid calling ath11k_fw_stats_free() while processing\nthe firmware stats received in the WMI event because the local list\nis getting spliced and reinitialised and hence there are no elements\nin the list after splicing.\n\nTested-on: QCN9074 hw1.0 PCI WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01744-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1","modified":"2026-03-20T11:46:06.425265Z","published":"2025-10-04T15:44:13.155Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2025:21040-1","SUSE-SU-2025:21052-1","SUSE-SU-2025:21056-1","SUSE-SU-2025:21064-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4128-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4132-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4141-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1"],"database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53602.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55248d36beb79d3a61c9fb3122dc377fff523c89"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6aafa1c2d3e3fea2ebe84c018003f2a91722e607"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86f9330a49d1464849482298dd34d361859183eb"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53602.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53602"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d"},{"fixed":"86f9330a49d1464849482298dd34d361859183eb"},{"fixed":"55248d36beb79d3a61c9fb3122dc377fff523c89"},{"fixed":"6aafa1c2d3e3fea2ebe84c018003f2a91722e607"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53602.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}