CVE-2023-53209
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53209
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53209.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53209
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2025-09-15T14:21:37.415Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-14T20:17:19.595736Z
- Severity
-
- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- wifi: mac80211_hwsim: Fix possible NULL dereference
- Details
-
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211_hwsim: Fix possible NULL dereference
In a call to mac80211hwsimselecttxlink() the sta pointer might be NULL, thus need to check that it is not NULL before accessing it.
- Database specific
{ "cna_assigner": "Linux", "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53209.json" }- References
-
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cc80943ef518a1c51a1111e9346d1daf11dd545
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8a20fed3e05b3a6866c5c58855deaf3c217ccd6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0124848c7940aba73492e282506b32a13f2e30e
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53209.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53209
Affected packages
Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
-
Introduced86e74a08fecb59985bb2d5fe3e96dc108822a420Fixedd0124848c7940aba73492e282506b32a13f2e30eFixeda8a20fed3e05b3a6866c5c58855deaf3c217ccd6Fixed0cc80943ef518a1c51a1111e9346d1daf11dd545
Affected versions
v6.*
v6.0
v6.0-rc3
v6.0-rc4
v6.0-rc5
v6.0-rc6
v6.0-rc7
v6.1
v6.1-rc1
v6.1-rc2
v6.1-rc3
v6.1-rc4
v6.1-rc5
v6.1-rc6
v6.1-rc7
v6.1-rc8
v6.1.1
v6.1.10
v6.1.11
v6.1.12
v6.1.13
v6.1.14
v6.1.15
v6.1.16
v6.1.17
v6.1.18
v6.1.19
v6.1.2
v6.1.20
v6.1.21
v6.1.22
v6.1.23
v6.1.24
v6.1.25
v6.1.26
v6.1.27
v6.1.28
v6.1.29
v6.1.3
v6.1.30
v6.1.31
v6.1.32
v6.1.33
v6.1.34
v6.1.35
v6.1.36
v6.1.37
v6.1.38
v6.1.39
v6.1.4
v6.1.40
v6.1.41
v6.1.5
v6.1.6
v6.1.7
v6.1.8
v6.1.9
v6.2
v6.2-rc1
v6.2-rc2
v6.2-rc3
v6.2-rc4
v6.2-rc5
v6.2-rc6
v6.2-rc7
v6.2-rc8
v6.3
v6.3-rc1
v6.3-rc2
v6.3-rc3
v6.3-rc4
v6.3-rc5
v6.3-rc6
v6.3-rc7
v6.4
v6.4-rc1
v6.4-rc2
v6.4-rc3
v6.4-rc4
v6.4-rc5
v6.4-rc6
v6.4-rc7
v6.4.1
v6.4.2
v6.4.3
v6.4.4
v6.4.5
v6.4.6