CVE-2023-53302
wifi: iwl4965: 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- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean?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: 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.
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/874a85051cc8df8c5b928d8ff172b342cdc5424b
- stable/c/c002d2741400771171b68dde9af937a4dfa0d1b3
- stable/c/3185d6cfc59277a77bf311dce701b7e25193f66a
- stable/c/f15ef0ebcf56be1d4a3c9a7a80a1f1f82ab0eaad
- stable/c/2f85c768bea2057e3299d19514da9e932c4f92d2
- stable/c/878a7c8357764e08bc778bcb26127fc12a4b36b7
- stable/c/26e6775f75517ad6844fe5b79bc5f3fa8c22ee61