Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2025· Updated Jan 14, 2026
wifi: iwl4965: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue()
CVE-2023-53302
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwl4965: 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.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 2.6.24
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/26e6775f75517ad6844fe5b79bc5f3fa8c22ee61mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f85c768bea2057e3299d19514da9e932c4f92d2mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3185d6cfc59277a77bf311dce701b7e25193f66amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/874a85051cc8df8c5b928d8ff172b342cdc5424bmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/878a7c8357764e08bc778bcb26127fc12a4b36b7mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c002d2741400771171b68dde9af937a4dfa0d1b3mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15ef0ebcf56be1d4a3c9a7a80a1f1f82ab0eaadmitre
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