CVE-2023-53302

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Null Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (7)

Core 7

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (17)
Linux/Linux < 2.6.24
Linux/Linux 2.6.24
Linux/Linux 4.19.276 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.173 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.99 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.4.235 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.16 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2.3 - 6.2.*
Linux/Linux 6.3
Linux/Linux b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a - 26e6775f75517ad6844fe5b79bc5f3fa8c22ee61
... and 7 more
Published Sep 16, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026