ghsa-jhfh-g9jf-gfpv
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-09-18 15:30
Modified
2025-09-18 15:30
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-53384"
  ],
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-09-18T14:15:41Z",
    "severity": null
  },
  "details": "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": "GHSA-jhfh-g9jf-gfpv",
  "modified": "2025-09-18T15:30:34Z",
  "published": "2025-09-18T15:30:34Z",
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