wifi: iwlwifi: mei: fix potential NULL-ptr deref after clone

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mei: fix potential NULL-ptr deref after clone If cloning the SKB fails, don't try to use it, but rather return as if we should pass it. Coverity CID: 1503456

Scores

No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Deferred.

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.18% · top 92% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.

Affected products

• Linux · Linux

  • affected 2da4366f9e2c44afedec4acad65a99a3c7da1a35 – < 8b8e25073f3dab93554ee3d5b264f7c013ebd92a
  • affected 2da4366f9e2c44afedec4acad65a99a3c7da1a35 – < 0183b7c49cfdda91284505cbcdc7feecde48cbb9
  • affected 2da4366f9e2c44afedec4acad65a99a3c7da1a35 – < d3df49dda431f7ae4132a9a0ac25a5134c04e812

• Linux · Linux

  • affected 5.17
  • unaffected < 5.17
  • unaffected 6.0.16 – ≤ 6.0.*
  • unaffected 6.1.2 – ≤ 6.1.*
  • unaffected 6.2 – ≤ *

References (3)

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b8e25073f3dab93554ee3d5b264f7c013ebd92a (opens in a new tab)
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0183b7c49cfdda91284505cbcdc7feecde48cbb9 (opens in a new tab)
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3df49dda431f7ae4132a9a0ac25a5134c04e812 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 11 May 2026, 19:25 UTC.