CVE-2023-53113

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

Summary

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Affected packages

Linux Kernel

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.0.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.21"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.2.8"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53113 linux Fixed in: 6.1.25-1

References

advisory github.com
advisory nvd.nist.gov
package git.kernel.org
web git.kernel.org
web git.kernel.org
web git.kernel.org