CVE-2023-53113

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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

wifi: nl80211: fix NULL-ptr deref in offchan check

If, e.g. in AP mode, the link was already created by userspace but not activated yet, it has a chandef but the chandef isn't valid and has no channel. Check for this and ignore this link.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 2, 2025
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed

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CVE-2023-53113: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix