https://vulnerability.circl.lu/rss/recent/all/10 Most recent entries from all 2026-09-29T01:13:29.034962+00:00 Vulnerability-Lookup info@circl.lu python-feedgen Contains only the most 10 recent entries. https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2026-53093 CVE-2026-53093 — wifi: brcmfmac: Fix error pointer dereference 2026-09-29T01:13:29.335593+00:00

Affected: Linux

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

wifi: brcmfmac: Fix error pointer dereference

The function brcmf_chip_add_core() can return an error pointer and is not checked. Add checks for error pointer.

Detected by Smatch: drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/chip.c:1010 brcmf_chip_recognition() error: 'core' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()

drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/chip.c:1013 brcmf_chip_recognition() error: 'core' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()

drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/chip.c:1016 brcmf_chip_recognition() error: 'core' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()

drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/chip.c:1019 brcmf_chip_recognition() error: 'core' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()

drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/chip.c:1022 brcmf_chip_recognition() error: 'core' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()

[add missing wifi: prefix]