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CVE-2023-53209

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
15/09/2025
Last modified:
14/01/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> wifi: mac80211_hwsim: Fix possible NULL dereference<br /> <br /> In a call to mac80211_hwsim_select_tx_link() the sta pointer might<br /> be NULL, thus need to check that it is not NULL before accessing it.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.1.42 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.2 (including) 6.4.7 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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