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        "cveId": "CVE-2023-53529",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2025-10-01T11:39:39.408Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-10-01T11:46:14.358Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:46:44.263Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw88: Fix memory leak in rtw88_usb\n\nKmemleak shows the following leak arising from routine in the usb\nprobe routine:\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff895cb29bba00 (size 512):\n  comm \"(udev-worker)\", pid 534, jiffies 4294903932 (age 102751.088s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    77 30 30 30 00 00 00 00 02 2f 2d 2b 30 00 00 00  w000...../-+0...\n    02 00 2a 28 00 00 00 00 ff 55 ff ff ff 00 00 00  ..*(.....U......\n  backtrace:\n    [<ffffffff9265fa36>] kmalloc_trace+0x26/0x90\n    [<ffffffffc17eec41>] rtw_usb_probe+0x2f1/0x680 [rtw_usb]\n    [<ffffffffc03e19fd>] usb_probe_interface+0xdd/0x2e0 [usbcore]\n    [<ffffffff92b4f2fe>] really_probe+0x18e/0x3d0\n    [<ffffffff92b4f5b8>] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x160\n    [<ffffffff92b4f6bf>] driver_probe_device+0x1f/0x90\n    [<ffffffff92b4f8df>] __driver_attach+0xbf/0x1b0\n    [<ffffffff92b4d350>] bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xc0\n    [<ffffffff92b4e51e>] bus_add_driver+0x10e/0x210\n    [<ffffffff92b50935>] driver_register+0x55/0xf0\n    [<ffffffffc03e0708>] usb_register_driver+0x88/0x140 [usbcore]\n    [<ffffffff92401153>] do_one_initcall+0x43/0x210\n    [<ffffffff9254f42a>] do_init_module+0x4a/0x200\n    [<ffffffff92551d1c>] __do_sys_finit_module+0xac/0x120\n    [<ffffffff92ee6626>] do_syscall_64+0x56/0x80\n    [<ffffffff9300006a>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0\n\nThe leak was verified to be real by unloading the driver, which resulted\nin a dangling pointer to the allocation.\n\nThe allocated memory is freed in rtw_usb_intf_deinit()."
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bba1ad561a8b5bb14704d8f511cf10466336e3d"
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