CVE-2023-53277

kernel: wifi: iwl3945: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.7

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 16, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

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

wifi: iwl3945: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue

Add the check for the return value of the create_singlethread_workqueue in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference