CVE-2023-53721
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53721
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53721.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53721
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2025-10-22T13:23:52.699Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-20T02:38:36.355759Z
- Summary
- wifi: ath12k: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in ath12k_mac_op_hw_scan()
- Details
-
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath12k: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in ath12kmacophwscan()
In ath12kmacophwscan(), 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-QCAHMTSWPLV1.0V2.0_SILICONZ-1.15378.4
- 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
-
Introducedd889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2Fixed5a263df398b581189fe632b4ab8440f3dd76c251
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
-
Introducedd889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2Fixed8ad314da54c6dd223a6b6cc85019160aa842f659
Affected versions
v6.*
v6.1
v6.1-rc6
v6.1-rc7
v6.1-rc8
v6.2
v6.2-rc1
v6.2-rc2
v6.2-rc3
v6.2-rc4
v6.2-rc5
v6.2-rc6
v6.2-rc7
v6.2-rc8
v6.3
v6.3-rc1
v6.3-rc2
v6.3-rc3
v6.3-rc4
v6.3-rc5
v6.3-rc6
v6.3-rc7
v6.4
v6.4-rc1
v6.4-rc2
v6.4-rc3
v6.4-rc4
v6.4-rc5
v6.4-rc6
v6.4-rc7
v6.5
v6.5-rc1
v6.5-rc2
v6.5-rc3
v6.5-rc4
v6.5-rc5
v6.5-rc6
v6.5-rc7
v6.5.1
v6.5.2
v6.5.3
v6.5.4