{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2025-12-30T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: Linux kernel: Memory leak in mt76 Wi-Fi driver leads to Denial of Service",
    "id" : "2426129",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2426129"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "5.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-772",
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nwifi: mt76: mt7996: fix memory leak in mt7996_mcu_exit\nAlways purge mcu skb queues in mt7996_mcu_exit routine even if\nmt7996_firmware_state fails.", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's mt76 Wi-Fi driver. A memory leak occurs when the `mt7996_mcu_exit` routine fails to properly clear memory queues if the `mt7996_firmware_state` encounters an issue. This vulnerability could allow a local attacker with low privileges to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by consuming system memory." ],
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2023-11-14T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2023:7077",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8",
    "package" : "kernel-0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2023-11-07T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2023:6583",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2023-11-07T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2023:6583",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54191\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54191\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025123027-CVE-2023-54191-3204@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2023-54191",
  "csaw" : false
}