CVE-2023-53574

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  "id": "CVE-2023-53574",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2025-10-04T16:15:53.023",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-05T21:17:26.360",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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      "value": "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."
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