Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-53277
CVE-2023-53277
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwl3945: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue
Add the check for the return value of the create_singlethread_workqueue in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.
AI Insight
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Affected products
95- osv-coords92 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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/17e07d6587c55015956862ef3b101fd45fa49fbcnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fdeb8b9f29dfd64805bb49475ac7566a3cb06cbnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f80b3ff92514ebd227e5c55d3d1e480401b02b7nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/34f611204ae589bd5c494b10b41fb13436bd3c3fnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ae2fc4de12686f3fe695824169c1272c9f798f7nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/505c74c4c0b1c5bcaa98a93b3087c268156070f1nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e594abc0424e4f8c2385f11aefeaadcfc507aa5nvdPatch
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