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    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2023-53767",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2025-12-08T01:18:04.281Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-12-08T01:19:30.211Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:51:17.323Z"
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath12k: fix memory leak in ath12k_qmi_driver_event_work()\n\nCurrently the buffer pointed by event is not freed in case\nATH12K_FLAG_UNREGISTERING bit is set, this causes memory leak.\n\nAdd a goto skip instead of return, to ensure event and all the\nlist entries are freed properly.\n\nTested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.0.1-00029-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1"
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                        "drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/qmi.c"
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a87f59041a7f77b4bdab05cea60ac6adc69dc5d2"
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/960412bee0ea75f6b3c2dca4a3535795ee84c47a"
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