CVE-2023-53180
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 6.3-6.4.7 - NULL Pointer Dereference in ath12k Management Transmit Cleanup
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: Avoid NULL pointer access during management transmit cleanup Currently 'ar' reference is not added in skb_cb. Though this is generally not used during transmit completion callbacks, on interface removal the remaining idr cleanup callback uses the ar pointer from skb_cb from management txmgmt_idr. Hence fill them during transmit call for proper usage to avoid NULL pointer dereference. Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.0.1-00029-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
References (2)
Core 2
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0013
EPSS Percentile
2.8%
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 (7)
Linux/Linux
< 6.3
Linux/Linux
6.3
Linux/Linux
6.4.7 - 6.4.*
Linux/Linux
6.5
Linux/Linux
d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 - 054b5580a36e435692c203c19abdcb9f7734320e
Linux/Linux
d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 - 7382d02160ef93c806fe1c1d4ef1fec445266747
linux/linux_kernel
6.3 - 6.4.7
Published
Sep 15, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026