{
    "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
    "dataVersion": "5.2",
    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2023-54131",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2025-12-24T13:02:52.521Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-12-24T13:06:48.227Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:56:05.152Z"
    },
    "containers": {
        "cna": {
            "providerMetadata": {
                "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
                "shortName": "Linux",
                "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:56:05.152Z"
            },
            "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."
                }
            ],
            "affected": [
                {
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "5447626910f5b8d964761ed4fa4feaf1a3ac47d0",
                            "lessThan": "eb77c0c0a17c53d83b5fe8e46490fb0a7ed9e6af",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "5447626910f5b8d964761ed4fa4feaf1a3ac47d0",
                            "lessThan": "bea3f8aa999318bdffa2d17753e492f76904f0ce",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "5447626910f5b8d964761ed4fa4feaf1a3ac47d0",
                            "lessThan": "494064ffd60d044c097d514917c40913d1affbca",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "5447626910f5b8d964761ed4fa4feaf1a3ac47d0",
                            "lessThan": "0354bce76ed1d775904acdb4cc0bf88c5b9b5b9f",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "5447626910f5b8d964761ed4fa4feaf1a3ac47d0",
                            "lessThan": "cbef9a83c51dfcb07f77cfa6ac26f53a1ea86f49",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "5.11",
                            "status": "affected"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0",
                            "lessThan": "5.11",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "5.15.111",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.1.28",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.2.15",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.2.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.3.2",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.3.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.4",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "cpeApplicability": [
                {
                    "nodes": [
                        {
                            "operator": "OR",
                            "negate": false,
                            "cpeMatch": [
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "5.11",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.111"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "5.11",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.28"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "5.11",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.2.15"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "5.11",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.3.2"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "5.11",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.4"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "references": [
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb77c0c0a17c53d83b5fe8e46490fb0a7ed9e6af"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bea3f8aa999318bdffa2d17753e492f76904f0ce"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/494064ffd60d044c097d514917c40913d1affbca"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0354bce76ed1d775904acdb4cc0bf88c5b9b5b9f"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbef9a83c51dfcb07f77cfa6ac26f53a1ea86f49"
                }
            ],
            "title": "wifi: rt2x00: Fix memory leak when handling surveys",
            "x_generator": {
                "engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
            }
        }
    }
}