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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

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References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c57f9ad2c3ed43abb764b0247d610ff7fdb7a00 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/139d285e7695279f030dbb172e2d0245425c86c6 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/231086e6a36316b823654f4535653f22d6344420 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35a7a1ce7c7d61664ee54f5239a1f120ab95a87e cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e7197e4d6a1bc72a774590d8765909f898be1dc cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bef85d58f7709896ed8426560ad117a73a37762f cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2509f7c37355e1f0bd5b7087815b845fd383723 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d155c5f64cefacdc6a9a26d40be53ee2903c28ff cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7fd24b8d1bb54c5bcf583139e11a5e651e0263c cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091857-CVE-2023-53384-042e@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53384 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53384 cve-icon
History

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title wifi: mwifiex: avoid possible NULL skb pointer dereference
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-09-18T13:33:28.469Z

Updated: 2025-09-18T13:33:28.469Z

Reserved: 2025-09-17T14:54:09.736Z

Link: CVE-2023-53384

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-09-18T14:15:41.433

Modified: 2025-12-11T18:21:12.990

Link: CVE-2023-53384

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-09-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53384 - Bugzilla