CVE-2023-52688 (GCVE-0-2023-52688)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-05-17 14:24
Modified
2026-08-05 09:11
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix the error handler of rfkill config When the core rfkill config throws error, it should free the allocated resources. Currently it is not freeing the core pdev create resources. Avoid this issue by calling the core pdev destroy in the error handler of core rfkill config. Found this issue in the code review and it is compile tested only.
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Version: 004ccbc0dd49c63576a4c60a663a38dd3cb6bee5
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