CVE-2023-53721

NONE EPSS 6.5%
Published Oct 22, 20258mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
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Published Oct 22, 2025 8mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in ath12k_mac_op_hw_scan() In ath12k_mac_op_hw_scan(), the return value of kzalloc() is directly used in memcpy(), which may lead to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of kzalloc(). Fix this bug by adding a check of arg.extraie.ptr. Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0-03427-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-1.15378.4

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
6.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a263df398b581189fe632b4ab8440f3dd76c251
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ad314da54c6dd223a6b6cc85019160aa842f659

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

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