CVE-2023-53277
wifi: iwl3945: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwl3945: 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
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Linux Linux
Version range not reported
- Linux Linux
2.6.24
References 7
git.kernel.org
- stable/c/3ae2fc4de12686f3fe695824169c1272c9f798f7
- stable/c/7e594abc0424e4f8c2385f11aefeaadcfc507aa5
- stable/c/2f80b3ff92514ebd227e5c55d3d1e480401b02b7
- stable/c/505c74c4c0b1c5bcaa98a93b3087c268156070f1
- stable/c/34f611204ae589bd5c494b10b41fb13436bd3c3f
- stable/c/17e07d6587c55015956862ef3b101fd45fa49fbc
- stable/c/1fdeb8b9f29dfd64805bb49475ac7566a3cb06cb