CVE-2023-53209 (GCVE-0-2023-53209)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-15 14:21 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
wifi: mac80211_hwsim: Fix possible NULL dereference
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211_hwsim: Fix possible NULL dereference
In a call to mac80211_hwsim_select_tx_link() the sta pointer might
be NULL, thus need to check that it is not NULL before accessing it.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-14 17:48 UTC
CWE
- CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
86e74a08fecb59985bb2d5fe3e96dc108822a420 , < d0124848c7940aba73492e282506b32a13f2e30e
(git)
Affected: 86e74a08fecb59985bb2d5fe3e96dc108822a420 , < a8a20fed3e05b3a6866c5c58855deaf3c217ccd6 (git) Affected: 86e74a08fecb59985bb2d5fe3e96dc108822a420 , < 0cc80943ef518a1c51a1111e9346d1daf11dd545 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.1
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.1 (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.42 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.4.7 , ≤ 6.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.5 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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