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CVE-2023-53384

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CVE-2023-53384

Published: Sep 18, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mwifiex: avoid possible NULL skb pointer dereference In 'mwifiex_handle_uap_rx_forward()', always check the value returned by 'skb_copy()' to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference in 'mwifiex_uap_queue_bridged_pkt()', and drop original skb in case of copying failure. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
838e4f44929782a2163c7bc95a7cd2da5d8b47f9 - < d155c5f64cefacdc6a9a26d40be53ee2903c28ff
affected
838e4f44929782a2163c7bc95a7cd2da5d8b47f9 - < 139d285e7695279f030dbb172e2d0245425c86c6
affected
838e4f44929782a2163c7bc95a7cd2da5d8b47f9 - < 231086e6a36316b823654f4535653f22d6344420
affected
838e4f44929782a2163c7bc95a7cd2da5d8b47f9 - < bef85d58f7709896ed8426560ad117a73a37762f
affected
838e4f44929782a2163c7bc95a7cd2da5d8b47f9 - < d7fd24b8d1bb54c5bcf583139e11a5e651e0263c

+4 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
3.7
unaffected
0 - < 3.7
unaffected
4.14.326 - <= 4.14.*
unaffected
4.19.295 - <= 4.19.*
unaffected
5.4.257 - <= 5.4.*

+6 more versions

References

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