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CVE-2023-53302
wifi: iwl4965: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue()
Medium5.5EPSS 0.15%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.15% · top 96% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a – < 874a85051cc8df8c5b928d8ff172b342cdc5424b
- affected b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a – < c002d2741400771171b68dde9af937a4dfa0d1b3
- affected b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a – < 3185d6cfc59277a77bf311dce701b7e25193f66a
- affected b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a – < f15ef0ebcf56be1d4a3c9a7a80a1f1f82ab0eaad
- affected b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a – < 2f85c768bea2057e3299d19514da9e932c4f92d2
- affected b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a – < 878a7c8357764e08bc778bcb26127fc12a4b36b7
- affected b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a – < 26e6775f75517ad6844fe5b79bc5f3fa8c22ee61
- affected 2.6.24
- unaffected < 2.6.24
- unaffected 4.19.276 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.235 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.173 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.99 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.16 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.2.3 – ≤ 6.2.*
- unaffected 6.3 – ≤ *
References (7)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/874a85051cc8df8c5b928d8ff172b342cdc5424b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c002d2741400771171b68dde9af937a4dfa0d1b3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3185d6cfc59277a77bf311dce701b7e25193f66a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15ef0ebcf56be1d4a3c9a7a80a1f1f82ab0eaad (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f85c768bea2057e3299d19514da9e932c4f92d2 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/878a7c8357764e08bc778bcb26127fc12a4b36b7 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26e6775f75517ad6844fe5b79bc5f3fa8c22ee61 (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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