CVE-2023-53384

Published: Sep 18, 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: 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.

Affected (8)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

8 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	3.7 ≤ version < 4.14.326
Linux Linux Kernel	4.15 ≤ version < 4.19.295
Linux Linux Kernel	4.20 ≤ version < 5.4.257
Linux Linux Kernel	5.11 ≤ version < 5.15.132
Linux Linux Kernel	5.16 ≤ version < 6.1.53
Linux Linux Kernel	5.5 ≤ version < 5.10.195
Linux Linux Kernel	6.2 ≤ version < 6.4.16
Linux Linux Kernel	6.5 ≤ version < 6.5.3