Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 1, 2025· Updated Oct 2, 2025

wifi: rtw88: fix memory leak in rtw_usb_probe()

CVE-2023-53460

Description

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

drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c:876 rtw_usb_probe() warn: 'hw' from ieee80211_alloc_hw() not released on lines: 811

Fix this by modifying return to a goto statement.

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