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.
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

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

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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:

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

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

Link: CVE-2023-53384

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2023-53384

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