CVE-2023-54053

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The Linux kernel contains a flaw in the iwlwifi component related to a potential NULL pointer dereference. Specifically, the issue occurs during the removal of a PCI device, where iwl pci remove() may attempt to access memory that has already been freed by iwl pci probe(). This can lead to a kernel crash. The error messages observed include "BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference" and references to the iwl pci remove function.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.