CVE-2023-53384

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53384
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53384.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53384
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-09-18T13:33:28.469Z
Modified
2026-04-11T12:46:45.955354Z
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: mwifiex: avoid possible NULL skb pointer dereference
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mwifiex: avoid possible NULL skb pointer dereference

In 'mwifiexhandleuaprxforward()', always check the value returned by 'skbcopy()' to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference in 'mwifiexuapqueuebridged_pkt()', and drop original skb in case of copying failure.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53384.json"
}
References

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
Introduced
838e4f44929782a2163c7bc95a7cd2da5d8b47f9
Fixed
d155c5f64cefacdc6a9a26d40be53ee2903c28ff
Fixed
139d285e7695279f030dbb172e2d0245425c86c6
Fixed
231086e6a36316b823654f4535653f22d6344420
Fixed
bef85d58f7709896ed8426560ad117a73a37762f
Fixed
d7fd24b8d1bb54c5bcf583139e11a5e651e0263c
Fixed
7e7197e4d6a1bc72a774590d8765909f898be1dc
Fixed
0c57f9ad2c3ed43abb764b0247d610ff7fdb7a00
Fixed
c2509f7c37355e1f0bd5b7087815b845fd383723
Fixed
35a7a1ce7c7d61664ee54f5239a1f120ab95a87e

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53384.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.7.0
Fixed
4.14.326
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.15.0
Fixed
4.19.295
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.20.0
Fixed
5.4.257
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.195
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.132
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.53
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.4.16
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.5.0
Fixed
6.5.3

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53384.json"