# CVE-2023-53196: usb: dwc3: qcom: Fix potential memory leak

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-15 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: dwc3: qcom: Fix potential memory leak Function dwc3_qcom_probe() allocates memory for resource structure which is pointed by parent_res pointer. This memory is not freed. This leads to memory leak. Use stack memory to prevent memory leak. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/648a163cff21ea355c8765e882ba8bf66a870a3e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74f8606ddfa450d2255b4e61472a7632def1e8c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b626cd5e4a87a281629e0c2b07519990077c0fbe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3b322b84ab5dda7eaca9ded763628b7467734f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/134a7d4642f11daed6bbc378f930a54dd0322291
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/097fb3ee710d4de83b8d4f5589e8ee13e0f0541e

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