CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-53251

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2025-09-15 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2025-09-15
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: fix NULL pointer dereference in iwl_pcie_irq_rx_msix_handler() rxq can be NULL only when trans_pcie->rxq is NULL and entry->entry is zero. For the case when entry->entry is not equal to 0, rxq won't be NULL even if trans_pcie->rxq is NULL. Modify checker to check for trans_pcie->rxq.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 5.12 < 5.15.121) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.39) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.3.13) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.4 < 6.4.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References