CVE-2023-52593
kernel: wifi: wfx: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in wfx_set_mfp_ap()
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · March 6, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: wfx: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in wfx_set_mfp_ap()
Since 'ieee80211_beacon_get()' can return NULL, 'wfx_set_mfp_ap()' should check the return value before examining skb data. So convert the latter to return an appropriate error code and propagate it to return from 'wfx_start_ap()' as well. Compile tested only.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference