CVE-2023-53721

Linux kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in ath12k_mac_op_hw_scan() In ath12k_mac_op_hw_scan(), the return value of kzalloc() is directly used in memcpy(), which may lead to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of kzalloc(). Fix this bug by adding a check of arg.extraie.ptr. Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0-03427-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-1.15378.4

Scores

EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 6.9%

Details

Status published
Products (7)
linux/Kernel 6.3.0 - 6.5.5linux
Linux/Linux < 6.3
Linux/Linux 6.3
Linux/Linux 6.5.5 - 6.5.*
Linux/Linux 6.6
Linux/Linux d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 - 5a263df398b581189fe632b4ab8440f3dd76c251
Linux/Linux d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 - 8ad314da54c6dd223a6b6cc85019160aa842f659
Published Oct 22, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026