CVE-2023-53384 — wifi: mwifiex: avoid possible NULL skb pointer dereference
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 che…
Published: 2025-09-18 · CVSS: 5.5 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7