5.5

CVE-2023-53302: wifi: iwl4965: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue()

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53302DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53302
Published 16-09-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53302 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.15%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 5
SUSE-SU-2025:03614-1SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1SUSE-SU-2025:3716-1SUSE-SU-2025:3761-1

Timeline

  1. 16-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

4%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.14% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu121 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-152.169 | < 5.15.0-75.82
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1104.112 | < 5.15.0-1038.43
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a, < 874a85051cc8df8c5b928d8ff172b342cdc5424b | ≥ b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a, < c002d2741400771171b68dde9af937a4dfa0d1b3 | ≥ b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a, < 3185d6cfc59277a77bf311dce701b7e25193f66a | ≥ b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a, < f15ef0ebcf56be1d4a3c9a7a80a1f1f82ab0eaad | ≥ b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a, < 2f85c768bea2057e3299d19514da9e932c4f92d2 | ≥ b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a, < 878a7c8357764e08bc778bcb26127fc12a4b36b7 | ≥ b481de9ca074528fe8c429604e2777db8b89806a, < 26e6775f75517ad6844fe5b79bc5f3fa8c22ee61 | 2.6.24
  • linux_kernel≥ 2.6.24, < 4.19.276 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.235 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.173 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.99 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.16 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.2.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.20-1

3 vendors · 124 products

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