CVE-2023-53251

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: fix NULL pointer dereference in iwl_pcie_irq_rx_msix_handler() rxq can be NULL only when trans_pcie->rxq is NULL and entry->entry is zero. For the case when entry->entry is not equal to 0, rxq won't be NULL even if trans_pcie->rxq is NULL. Modify checker to check for trans_pcie->rxq.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f71d0fc407dd028416bec002ddcc62f5acb0346a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b9de981fe7f1c6e07c7b852421ad69be3d4b6c2

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/390e44efcf4d390b5053ad112553155d2d097c73

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d690495eb2766d58e25c83676f422219c4fcf18

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1902f1953b8ba100ee8705cb8a6f1a9795550eca

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-09-15

Updated: 2025-09-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018