CVE-2023-53302

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53302
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53302.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53302
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-09-16T08:11:33.082Z
Modified
2026-07-15T01:49:06.268018374Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
wifi: iwl4965: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue()
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: iwl4965: Add missing check for createsinglethreadworkqueue()

Add the check for the return value of the createsinglethreadworkqueue() in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53302.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a
Fixed
874a85051cc8df8c5b928d8ff172b342cdc5424b
Fixed
c002d2741400771171b68dde9af937a4dfa0d1b3
Fixed
3185d6cfc59277a77bf311dce701b7e25193f66a
Fixed
f15ef0ebcf56be1d4a3c9a7a80a1f1f82ab0eaad
Fixed
2f85c768bea2057e3299d19514da9e932c4f92d2
Fixed
878a7c8357764e08bc778bcb26127fc12a4b36b7
Fixed
26e6775f75517ad6844fe5b79bc5f3fa8c22ee61

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53302.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.6.24
Fixed
4.19.276
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.20.0
Fixed
5.4.235
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.173
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.99
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.16
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.2.3

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53302.json"