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CVE-2023-53302

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-53302 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's iwl4965 Wi-Fi driver, affecting Linux kernel versions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires local access and low privileges, with a low attack complexity, and could lead to a denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.6.24, < 4.19.276CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.235CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.173CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.99CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
3.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0014 is in the 22nd percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-53302Moderate

kernel: wifi: iwl4965: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue()

Sep 16, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/26e6775f75517ad6844fe5b79bc5f3fa8c22ee61
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/2f85c768bea2057e3299d19514da9e932c4f92d2
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3185d6cfc59277a77bf311dce701b7e25193f66a
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/874a85051cc8df8c5b928d8ff172b342cdc5424b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/878a7c8357764e08bc778bcb26127fc12a4b36b7
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c002d2741400771171b68dde9af937a4dfa0d1b3
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f15ef0ebcf56be1d4a3c9a7a80a1f1f82ab0eaad
Patch