# CVE-2023-53384: wifi: mwifiex: avoid possible NULL skb pointer dereference

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-18 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mwifiex: avoid possible NULL skb pointer dereference In 'mwifiex_handle_uap_rx_forward()', always check the value returned by 'skb_copy()' to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference in 'mwifiex_uap_queue_bridged_pkt()', and drop original skb in case of copying failure. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d155c5f64cefacdc6a9a26d40be53ee2903c28ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/139d285e7695279f030dbb172e2d0245425c86c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/231086e6a36316b823654f4535653f22d6344420
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bef85d58f7709896ed8426560ad117a73a37762f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7fd24b8d1bb54c5bcf583139e11a5e651e0263c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e7197e4d6a1bc72a774590d8765909f898be1dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c57f9ad2c3ed43abb764b0247d610ff7fdb7a00
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2509f7c37355e1f0bd5b7087815b845fd383723
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35a7a1ce7c7d61664ee54f5239a1f120ab95a87e

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