CVE-2023-54016

wifi: ath12k: Fix memory leak in rx_desc and tx_desc

published December 24, 2025

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

wifi: ath12k: Fix memory leak in rx_desc and tx_desc

Currently when ath12k_dp_cc_desc_init() is called we allocate

memory to rx_descs and tx_descs. In ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup(), during

descriptor cleanup rx_descs and tx_descs memory is not freed.

This is cause of memory leak. These allocated memory should be

freed in ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup.

In ath12k_dp_cc_desc_init(), we can save base address of rx_descs

and tx_descs. In ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup(), we can free rx_descs and

tx_descs memory using their base address.

Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.0.1-00029-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00185 · 7.7th percentile
Published
2025-12-24T10:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 DEC 10:55Z
    wifi: ath12k: Fix memory leak in rx_desc and tx_desc
    cvelistv5