CVE-2023-53302

Published: Sep 16, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwl4965: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue() Add the check for the return value of the create_singlethread_workqueue() in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

Affected (6)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

1 product

Configuration A

6 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	From 2.6.24 to 4.19.276
Linux Linux Kernel	From 4.20 to 5.4.235
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.11 to 5.15.99
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.16 to 6.1.16
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.5 to 5.10.173
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.2 to 6.2.3

Related CWEs

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (7)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26e6775f75517ad6844fe5b79bc5f3fa8c22ee61

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f85c768bea2057e3299d19514da9e932c4f92d2

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3185d6cfc59277a77bf311dce701b7e25193f66a

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/874a85051cc8df8c5b928d8ff172b342cdc5424b

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/878a7c8357764e08bc778bcb26127fc12a4b36b7

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c002d2741400771171b68dde9af937a4dfa0d1b3

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15ef0ebcf56be1d4a3c9a7a80a1f1f82ab0eaad

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

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