CVE-2023-54001

staging: r8712: Fix memory leak in _r8712_init_xmit_priv()

published December 24, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

staging: r8712: Fix memory leak in _r8712_init_xmit_priv()

In the above mentioned routine, memory is allocated in several places.

If the first succeeds and a later one fails, the routine will leak memory.

This patch fixes commit 2865d42c78a9 ("staging: r8712u: Add the new driver

to the mainline kernel"). A potential memory leak in

r8712_xmit_resource_alloc() is also addressed.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00209 · 10.5th percentile
Published
2025-12-24T10:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 DEC 10:55Z
    staging: r8712: Fix memory leak in _r8712_init_xmit_priv()
    cvelistv5