CVE-2023-7042

Published: Dec 21, 2023

Modified: Nov 21, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

4.4

MEDIUM

Description

A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in ath10k_wmi_tlv_op_pull_mgmt_tx_compl_ev() in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi-tlv.c in the Linux kernel. This issue could be exploited to trigger a denial of service.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	All versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	All versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7042

vdb-entry

x_refsource_REDHAT

RHBZ#2255497

issue-tracking

x_refsource_REDHAT

https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/[email protected]/

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CVE-2023-7042

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References