Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 18, 2025· Updated Jan 14, 2026
wifi: mwifiex: avoid possible NULL skb pointer dereference
CVE-2023-53384
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mwifiex: avoid possible NULL skb pointer dereference
In 'mwifiex_handle_uap_rx_forward()', always check the value returned by 'skb_copy()' to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference in 'mwifiex_uap_queue_bridged_pkt()', and drop original skb in case of copying failure.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 3.7
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
9- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c57f9ad2c3ed43abb764b0247d610ff7fdb7a00mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/139d285e7695279f030dbb172e2d0245425c86c6mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/231086e6a36316b823654f4535653f22d6344420mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/35a7a1ce7c7d61664ee54f5239a1f120ab95a87emitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e7197e4d6a1bc72a774590d8765909f898be1dcmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bef85d58f7709896ed8426560ad117a73a37762fmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2509f7c37355e1f0bd5b7087815b845fd383723mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d155c5f64cefacdc6a9a26d40be53ee2903c28ffmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7fd24b8d1bb54c5bcf583139e11a5e651e0263cmitre
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