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GHSA-FP97-J955-WGW4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-24 15:30 – Updated: 2025-12-24 15:30

Details

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

wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: fix possible NULL pointer dereference

It is possible that iwl_pci_probe() will fail and free the trans, then afterwards iwl_pci_remove() will be called and crash by trying to access trans which is already freed, fix it.

iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Detected crf-id 0xa5a5a5a2, cnv-id 0xa5a5a5a2 wfpm id 0xa5a5a5a2 iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Can't find a correct rfid for crf id 0x5a2 ... BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000028 ... RIP: 0010:iwl_pci_remove+0x12/0x30 [iwlwifi] pci_device_remove+0x3e/0xb0 device_release_driver_internal+0x103/0x1f0 driver_detach+0x4c/0x90 bus_remove_driver+0x5c/0xd0 driver_unregister+0x31/0x50 pci_unregister_driver+0x40/0x90 iwl_pci_unregister_driver+0x15/0x20 [iwlwifi] __exit_compat+0x9/0x98 [iwlwifi] __x64_sys_delete_module+0x147/0x260

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CVE-2023-54053 (GCVE-0-2023-54053)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-24 12:23 – Updated: 2025-12-24 12:23

Title

wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: fix possible NULL pointer dereference

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: fix possible NULL pointer dereference It is possible that iwl_pci_probe() will fail and free the trans, then afterwards iwl_pci_remove() will be called and crash by trying to access trans which is already freed, fix it. iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Detected crf-id 0xa5a5a5a2, cnv-id 0xa5a5a5a2 wfpm id 0xa5a5a5a2 iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Can't find a correct rfid for crf id 0x5a2 ... BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000028 ... RIP: 0010:iwl_pci_remove+0x12/0x30 [iwlwifi] pci_device_remove+0x3e/0xb0 device_release_driver_internal+0x103/0x1f0 driver_detach+0x4c/0x90 bus_remove_driver+0x5c/0xd0 driver_unregister+0x31/0x50 pci_unregister_driver+0x40/0x90 iwl_pci_unregister_driver+0x15/0x20 [iwlwifi] __exit_compat+0x9/0x98 [iwlwifi] __x64_sys_delete_module+0x147/0x260

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

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	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6f2d16c77f936041…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fc0d287c1e7dcb39…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7545f21eee1356ec9…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f9a1bcb94016d3a3…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcd23aa6cc0ded795…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b655b9a9f8467684c…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Linux

Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < f6f2d16c77f936041b8ac495fceabded4ec6c83c (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 0fc0d287c1e7dcb39a3b9bb0f8679cd68c2156c7 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 7545f21eee1356ec98581125c4dba9c4c0cc7397 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 0f9a1bcb94016d3a3c455a77b01f6bb06e15f6eb (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < dcd23aa6cc0ded7950b60ce1badb80b84045c6c0 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < b655b9a9f8467684cfa8906713d33b71ea8c8f54 (git)

Linux

Unaffected: 5.4.244 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.181 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.113 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.30 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.3.4 , ≤ 6.3.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.4 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-FP97-J955-WGW4

CVE-2023-54053 (GCVE-0-2023-54053)

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