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ghsa-xhxp-853r-966x

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-09-16 15:32

Modified

2025-09-16 15:32

Details

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.

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  "id": "GHSA-xhxp-853r-966x",
  "modified": "2025-09-16T15:32:33Z",
  "published": "2025-09-16T15:32:33Z",
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CVE-2023-53302 (GCVE-0-2023-53302)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-09-16 08:11

Modified

2025-09-16 08:11

Severity ?

Summary

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.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/874a85051cc8df8c5b928d8ff172b342cdc5424b
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c002d2741400771171b68dde9af937a4dfa0d1b3
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3185d6cfc59277a77bf311dce701b7e25193f66a
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15ef0ebcf56be1d4a3c9a7a80a1f1f82ab0eaad
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f85c768bea2057e3299d19514da9e932c4f92d2
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/878a7c8357764e08bc778bcb26127fc12a4b36b7
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26e6775f75517ad6844fe5b79bc5f3fa8c22ee61

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

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Linux

Version: b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a
Version: b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a
Version: b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a
Version: b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a
Version: b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a
Version: b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a
Version: b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a

Linux

Version: 2.6.24

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