CVE-2023-54001: linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-54001 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 12Timeline
- 24-12-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: r8712: Fix memory leak in _r8712_init_xmit_priv() In the above mentioned routine, memory is allocated in several places. If the first succeeds and a later one fails, the routine will leak memory. This patch fixes commit 2865d42c78a9 ("staging: r8712u: Add the new driver to the mainline kernel"). A potential memory leak in r8712_xmit_resource_alloc() is also addressed.
CVSS metrics
Risk metrics not yet published.
EPSS trend
Probability
0.21%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
11%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.21% on 22-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Ubuntu124 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-88.98
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1049.54
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.52-1 | < 6.4.11-1
Linux1 product
- linux≥ 2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef, < fc511ae405f7ba29fbcb0246061ec15c272386e1 | ≥ 2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef, < acacdbe0f740ca8c5d5da73d50870903a3ded677 | ≥ 2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef, < 41e05572e871b10dbdc168c76175c97982daf4a4 | ≥ 2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef, < 874555472c736813ba1f4baf0b4c09c8e26d81ea | ≥ 2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4ef, < ac83631230f77dda94154ed0ebfd368fc81c70a3 | 2.6.37
3 vendors · 126 products