CVE-2023-53071

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.18-6.3 - NULL Pointer Dereference in mt76_unregister_device

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: do not run mt76_unregister_device() on unregistered hw Trying to probe a mt7921e pci card without firmware results in a successful probe where ieee80211_register_hw hasn't been called. When removing the driver, ieee802111_unregister_hw is called unconditionally leading to a kernel NULL pointer dereference. Fix the issue running mt76_unregister_device routine just for registered hw.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (10)
Linux/Linux < 5.18
Linux/Linux 1c71e03afe4b457a15e50de40006b927dfc00755 - 2d34f27714c97a9786a30b3bb54944d6d8ed612f
Linux/Linux 1c71e03afe4b457a15e50de40006b927dfc00755 - 41130c32f3a18fcc930316da17f3a5f3bc326aa1
Linux/Linux 1c71e03afe4b457a15e50de40006b927dfc00755 - dffe86df26aee01a5fc56a175b7a7f157961e370
Linux/Linux 5.18
Linux/Linux 6.1.113 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2.9 - 6.2.*
Linux/Linux 6.3
linux/linux_kernel 6.3 rc1 (3 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 5.18 - 6.1.113
Published May 02, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026