CVE-2023-54053
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
24/12/2025
Last modified:
24/12/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: fix possible NULL pointer dereference<br />
<br />
It is possible that iwl_pci_probe() will fail and free the trans,<br />
then afterwards iwl_pci_remove() will be called and crash by trying<br />
to access trans which is already freed, fix it.<br />
<br />
iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Detected crf-id 0xa5a5a5a2, cnv-id 0xa5a5a5a2<br />
wfpm id 0xa5a5a5a2<br />
iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Can&#39;t find a correct rfid for crf id 0x5a2<br />
...<br />
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000028<br />
...<br />
RIP: 0010:iwl_pci_remove+0x12/0x30 [iwlwifi]<br />
pci_device_remove+0x3e/0xb0<br />
device_release_driver_internal+0x103/0x1f0<br />
driver_detach+0x4c/0x90<br />
bus_remove_driver+0x5c/0xd0<br />
driver_unregister+0x31/0x50<br />
pci_unregister_driver+0x40/0x90<br />
iwl_pci_unregister_driver+0x15/0x20 [iwlwifi]<br />
__exit_compat+0x9/0x98 [iwlwifi]<br />
__x64_sys_delete_module+0x147/0x260
Impact
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f9a1bcb94016d3a3c455a77b01f6bb06e15f6eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fc0d287c1e7dcb39a3b9bb0f8679cd68c2156c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7545f21eee1356ec98581125c4dba9c4c0cc7397
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b655b9a9f8467684cfa8906713d33b71ea8c8f54
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcd23aa6cc0ded7950b60ce1badb80b84045c6c0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6f2d16c77f936041b8ac495fceabded4ec6c83c



