CVE-2023-54001

staging: r8712: Fix memory leak in _r8712_init_xmit_priv()

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Dec 24, 2025
Updated: May 11, 2026
Reserved: Dec 24, 2025

Description

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

staging: r8712: Fix memory leak in _r8712_init_xmit_priv()

In the above mentioned routine, memory is allocated in several places. If the first succeeds and a later one fails, the routine will leak memory. This patch fixes commit 2865d42c78a9 ("staging: r8712u: Add the new driver to the mainline kernel"). A potential memory leak in r8712_xmit_resource_alloc() is also addressed.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef to before fc511ae405f7ba29fbcb0246061ec15c272386e1Affected 2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef to before acacdbe0f740ca8c5d5da73d50870903a3ded677Affected 2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef to before 41e05572e871b10dbdc168c76175c97982daf4a4Affected 2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef to before 874555472c736813ba1f4baf0b4c09c8e26d81eaAffected 2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef to before ac83631230f77dda94154ed0ebfd368fc81c70a3Affected
LinuxLinux	2.6.37Affected before 2.6.37Not affected 5.10.190 through 5.10.Not affected 5.15.124 through 5.15.Not affected 6.1.43 through 6.1.Not affected 6.4.8 through 6.4.Not affected 6.5 and laterNot affected

Product

Versions

LinuxLinux

2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef to before fc511ae405f7ba29fbcb0246061ec15c272386e1Affected
2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef to before acacdbe0f740ca8c5d5da73d50870903a3ded677Affected
2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef to before 41e05572e871b10dbdc168c76175c97982daf4a4Affected
2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef to before 874555472c736813ba1f4baf0b4c09c8e26d81eaAffected
2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef to before ac83631230f77dda94154ed0ebfd368fc81c70a3Affected

LinuxLinux

2.6.37Affected
before 2.6.37Not affected
5.10.190 through 5.10.*Not affected
5.15.124 through 5.15.*Not affected
6.1.43 through 6.1.*Not affected
6.4.8 through 6.4.*Not affected
6.5 and laterNot affected

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