CVE-2023-53302
Moderate
wifi: iwl4965: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwl4965: 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-2023-53302
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwl4965: 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/26e6775f75517ad6844fe5b79bc5f3fa8c22ee61
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f85c768bea2057e3299d19514da9e932c4f92d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3185d6cfc59277a77bf311dce701b7e25193f66a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/874a85051cc8df8c5b928d8ff172b342cdc5424b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/878a7c8357764e08bc778bcb26127fc12a4b36b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c002d2741400771171b68dde9af937a4dfa0d1b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15ef0ebcf56be1d4a3c9a7a80a1f1f82ab0eaad
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53302.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53302