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

INFO

Published Date :

2025-10-22T13:23:52.699Z

Last Modified :

2025-10-30T19:33:08.319Z

Source :

Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-53721 vulnerability.

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Linux
  • Linux Kernel
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a263df398b581189fe632b4ab8440f3dd76c251 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ad314da54c6dd223a6b6cc85019160aa842f659 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025102214-CVE-2023-53721-f0ca@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53721 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53721 cve-icon
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