Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting kernel-modules-extra package, versions <0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELMODULESEXTRA-12987554
  • published20 Sept 2025
  • disclosed18 Sept 2025

Introduced: 18 Sep 2025

NewCVE-2023-53422  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-modules-extra to version 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:6583.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules-extra package and not the kernel-modules-extra package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: iwlwifi: fw: fix memory leak in debugfs

Fix a memory leak that occurs when reading the fw_info file all the way, since we return NULL indicating no more data, but don't free the status tracking object.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1