CVE-2023-53203 (GCVE-0-2023-53203)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-15 14:21 – Updated: 2025-09-15 14:21
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: rely on mt76_connac2_mac_tx_rate_val In order to fix a possible NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_mac_write_txwi() of vif pointer, export mt76_connac2_mac_tx_rate_val utility routine and reuse it in mt7996 driver.
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Linux Linux Affected: 98686cd21624c75a043e96812beadddf4f6f48e5 , < 0765b5b4719f0435bb019370b317d2fb8138eb34 (git)
Affected: 98686cd21624c75a043e96812beadddf4f6f48e5 , < 0b8e2d69467f78a7c9d87b452220e87012435e33 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 6.2
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.2 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.2.3 , ≤ 6.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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