CVE-2023-53277
Moderate
wifi: iwl3945: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue
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.
Exploit probability
0.1%
Published
September 16, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-53277
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17e07d6587c55015956862ef3b101fd45fa49fbc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fdeb8b9f29dfd64805bb49475ac7566a3cb06cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f80b3ff92514ebd227e5c55d3d1e480401b02b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34f611204ae589bd5c494b10b41fb13436bd3c3f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ae2fc4de12686f3fe695824169c1272c9f798f7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/505c74c4c0b1c5bcaa98a93b3087c268156070f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e594abc0424e4f8c2385f11aefeaadcfc507aa5
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53277.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53277