CVE-2023-53302
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Publication date: 2025-09-16
Last updated on: 2025-12-02
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 2.6.24 (inc) to 4.19.276 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 4.20 (inc) to 5.4.235 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.5 (inc) to 5.10.173 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.11 (inc) to 5.15.99 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.16 (inc) to 6.1.16 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.2 (inc) to 6.2.3 (exc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-476 | The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability in the Linux kernel's iwl4965 wireless driver is due to a missing check for the return value of the function create_singlethread_workqueue(). Without this check, if the function fails and returns NULL, the code may dereference a NULL pointer, leading to a potential crash or undefined behavior.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
If exploited, this vulnerability can cause the system to crash or behave unpredictably due to a NULL pointer dereference in the wireless driver. This could lead to denial of service or instability in systems using the affected Linux kernel version.