Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 15, 2025· Updated Jan 14, 2026
wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: fix NULL pointer dereference in iwl_pcie_irq_rx_msix_handler()
CVE-2023-53251
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: fix NULL pointer dereference in iwl_pcie_irq_rx_msix_handler()
rxq can be NULL only when trans_pcie->rxq is NULL and entry->entry is zero. For the case when entry->entry is not equal to 0, rxq won't be NULL even if trans_pcie->rxq is NULL. Modify checker to check for trans_pcie->rxq.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 5.12
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1902f1953b8ba100ee8705cb8a6f1a9795550ecamitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d690495eb2766d58e25c83676f422219c4fcf18mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/390e44efcf4d390b5053ad112553155d2d097c73mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b9de981fe7f1c6e07c7b852421ad69be3d4b6c2mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f71d0fc407dd028416bec002ddcc62f5acb0346amitre
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