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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rt2x00: Fix memory leak when handling surveys\n\nWhen removing a rt2x00 device, its associated channel surveys\nare not freed, causing a memory leak observable with kmemleak:\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff9620f0881a00 (size 512):\n comm \"systemd-udevd\", pid 2290, jiffies 4294906974 (age 33.768s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 70 44 12 00 00 00 00 00 92 8a 00 00 00 00 00 00 pD..............\n 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ab 87 01 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n backtrace:\n [<ffffffffb0ed858b>] __kmalloc+0x4b/0x130\n [<ffffffffc1b0f29b>] rt2800_probe_hw+0xc2b/0x1380 [rt2800lib]\n [<ffffffffc1a9496e>] rt2800usb_probe_hw+0xe/0x60 [rt2800usb]\n [<ffffffffc1ae491a>] rt2x00lib_probe_dev+0x21a/0x7d0 [rt2x00lib]\n [<ffffffffc1b3b83e>] rt2x00usb_probe+0x1be/0x980 [rt2x00usb]\n [<ffffffffc05981e2>] usb_probe_interface+0xe2/0x310 [usbcore]\n [<ffffffffb13be2d5>] really_probe+0x1a5/0x410\n [<ffffffffb13be5c8>] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x180\n [<ffffffffb13be6fe>] driver_probe_device+0x1e/0x90\n [<ffffffffb13be972>] __driver_attach+0xd2/0x1c0\n [<ffffffffb13bbc57>] bus_for_each_dev+0x77/0xd0\n [<ffffffffb13bd2a2>] bus_add_driver+0x112/0x210\n [<ffffffffb13bfc6c>] driver_register+0x5c/0x120\n [<ffffffffc0596ae8>] usb_register_driver+0x88/0x150 [usbcore]\n [<ffffffffb0c011c4>] do_one_initcall+0x44/0x220\n [<ffffffffb0d6134c>] do_init_module+0x4c/0x220\n\nFix this by freeing the channel surveys on device removal.\n\nTested with a RT3070 based USB wireless adapter."}], "id": "CVE-2023-54131", "lastModified": "2025-12-29T15:58:34.503", "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-12-24T13:16:15.087", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0354bce76ed1d775904acdb4cc0bf88c5b9b5b9f"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/494064ffd60d044c097d514917c40913d1affbca"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bea3f8aa999318bdffa2d17753e492f76904f0ce"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbef9a83c51dfcb07f77cfa6ac26f53a1ea86f49"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb77c0c0a17c53d83b5fe8e46490fb0a7ed9e6af"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"}

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