CVE-2023-53721

{"id": "CVE-2023-53721", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {}, "affected": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "affectedData": [{"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2", "lessThan": "5a263df398b581189fe632b4ab8440f3dd76c251", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2", "lessThan": "8ad314da54c6dd223a6b6cc85019160aa842f659", "versionType": "git"}], "programFiles": ["drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c"], "defaultStatus": "unaffected"}, {"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "6.3"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.3", "versionType": "semver"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.5.5", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.5.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.6", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*"}], "programFiles": ["drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c"], "defaultStatus": "affected"}]}], "published": "2025-10-22T14:15:46.803", "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a263df398b581189fe632b4ab8440f3dd76c251", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ad314da54c6dd223a6b6cc85019160aa842f659", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}], "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath12k: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in ath12k_mac_op_hw_scan()\n\nIn ath12k_mac_op_hw_scan(), the return value of kzalloc() is directly\nused in memcpy(), which may lead to a NULL pointer dereference on\nfailure of kzalloc().\n\nFix this bug by adding a check of arg.extraie.ptr.\n\nTested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0-03427-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-1.15378.4"}], "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:45:56.767", "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}