CVE-2023-52593 wifi: wfx: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in wfx_set_mfp_ap()

2024-03-0606:45:24

Linux

www.cve.org

linux kernel

vulnerability

wfx

ieee80211_beacon_get

return value

error code

wfx_start_ap

compile tested

AI Score

7.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

15.5%

JSON

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: wfx: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in wfx_set_mfp_ap()

Since ‘ieee80211_beacon_get()’ can return NULL, ‘wfx_set_mfp_ap()’
should check the return value before examining skb data. So convert
the latter to return an appropriate error code and propagate it to
return from ‘wfx_start_ap()’ as well. Compile tested only.

CNA Affected

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    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/net/wireless/silabs/wfx/sta.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
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  },
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      "drivers/net/wireless/silabs/wfx/sta.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
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        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.6.16",
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      },
      {
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        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
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      }
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