CVE-2023-53251

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: wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: fix NULL pointer dereference in iwl_pcie_irq_rx_msix_handler() rxq can be NULL only when trans_pcie->rxq is NULL and entry->entry is zero. For the case when entry->entry is not equal to 0, rxq won&#39;t be NULL even if trans_pcie->rxq is NULL. Modify checker to check for trans_pcie->rxq.

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::::::::	5.12 (including)	5.15.121 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.39 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.3.13 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.4 (including)	6.4.4 (excluding)

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

CVE-2023-53251

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools