Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 6, 2024· Updated May 20, 2025
wifi: wfx: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in wfx_set_mfp_ap()
CVE-2023-52593
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: wfx: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in wfx_set_mfp_ap()
Since 'ieee80211_beacon_get()' can return NULL, 'wfx_set_mfp_ap()' should check the return value before examining skb data. So convert the latter to return an appropriate error code and propagate it to return from 'wfx_start_ap()' as well. Compile tested only.
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Affected products
51- osv-coords49 versionspkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-aws@6.5.0-1021.21?arch=source&distro=manticpkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-laptop@6.5.0-1017.20?arch=source&distro=manticpkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-oem-6.5pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-oracle@6.5.0-1024.24?arch=source&distro=manticpkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-debug&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_14&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_13&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5
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