{"cve":"CVE-2023-53574","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-04T16:15:53.023","modified":"2026-10-03T11:17:28.307","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw88: delete timer and free skb queue when unloading\n\nFix possible crash and memory leak on driver unload by deleting\nTX purge timer and freeing C2H queue in 'rtw_core_deinit()',\nshrink critical section in the latter by freeing COEX queue\nout of TX report lock scope.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4128b00a6006870e117ab1841e58f369e9284ecb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60ee0f6fea7ba5681ebf7d70b8ebe592227188a4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/634fcbcaa4062db39aeb5ac6ed1bc1feb8dd5216"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:11:26.888974865+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53574","score":0.00146,"percentile":0.03844,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}