MediumFix available
wifi: iwl3945: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwl3945: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue Add the check for the return value of the create_singlethread_workqueue in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.19.276, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 5.4.235, 6.1.16, 6.2.3
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-53277
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 16:15 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
wifi: iwl3945: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 16 Sept 2025, 08:11 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwl3945: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue Add the check for the return value of the create_singlethread_workqueue in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.
osv:CVE-2023-53277
Kernel
Fixed versions: 4.19.276, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3
Complete source record
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