fkie_cve-2023-53384
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-09-18 14:15
Modified
2025-09-19 16:00
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c57f9ad2c3ed43abb764b0247d610ff7fdb7a00
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/139d285e7695279f030dbb172e2d0245425c86c6
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/231086e6a36316b823654f4535653f22d6344420
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35a7a1ce7c7d61664ee54f5239a1f120ab95a87e
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e7197e4d6a1bc72a774590d8765909f898be1dc
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bef85d58f7709896ed8426560ad117a73a37762f
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2509f7c37355e1f0bd5b7087815b845fd383723
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d155c5f64cefacdc6a9a26d40be53ee2903c28ff
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7fd24b8d1bb54c5bcf583139e11a5e651e0263c
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{
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mwifiex: avoid possible NULL skb pointer dereference\n\nIn \u0027mwifiex_handle_uap_rx_forward()\u0027, always check the value\nreturned by \u0027skb_copy()\u0027 to avoid potential NULL pointer\ndereference in \u0027mwifiex_uap_queue_bridged_pkt()\u0027, and drop\noriginal skb in case of copying failure.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-53384",
  "lastModified": "2025-09-19T16:00:27.847",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-09-18T14:15:41.433",
  "references": [
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    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}


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