PT-2025-52973 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Published 2025-12-24 · Updated 2026-05-26 · CVE-2023-54016

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A memory leak exists in the ath12k driver related to rx desc and tx desc descriptors. Specifically, memory allocated for these descriptors in ath12k dp cc desc init() is not freed during cleanup in ath12k dp cc cleanup(). This occurs because the base addresses of rx descs and tx descs are not utilized for memory deallocation during the cleanup process.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-54016

RHSA-2024:2394

SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1

SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1

SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1

SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1

SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1

Affected Products

Debian

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Ath12K

References · 1457

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/54xxx/CVE-2023-54016.json · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-54016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2023-54016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-54016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-54016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54016 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2023-54016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54016 · Security Note