Answer in brief
CVE-2023-53602 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in wifi: ath11k: fix memory leak in WMI firmware stats. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d <86f9330a49d1464849482298dd34d361859183eb || >=d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d <55248d36beb79d3a61c9fb3122dc377fff523c89 || >=d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d <6aafa1c2d3e3fea2ebe84c018003f2a91722e607 | 86f9330a49d1464849482298dd34d361859183eb, 55248d36beb79d3a61c9fb3122dc377fff523c89, 6aafa1c2d3e3fea2ebe84c018003f2a91722e607 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.6 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Oct 4, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: fix memory leak in WMI firmware stats Memory allocated for firmware pdev, vdev and beacon statistics are not released during rmmod. Fix it by calling ath11k_fw_stats_free() function before hardware unregister. While at it, avoid calling ath11k_fw_stats_free() while processing the firmware stats received in the WMI event because the local list is getting spliced and reinitialised and hence there are no elements in the list after splicing. Tested-on: QCN9074 hw1.0 PCI WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01744-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
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