{"cve":"CVE-2023-53180","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-15T14:15:40.057","modified":"2026-06-17T06:44:27.110","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath12k: Avoid NULL pointer access during management transmit cleanup\n\nCurrently 'ar' reference is not added in skb_cb.\nThough this is generally not used during transmit completion\ncallbacks, on interface removal the remaining idr cleanup callback\nuses the ar pointer from skb_cb from management txmgmt_idr. Hence fill them\nduring transmit call for proper usage to avoid NULL pointer dereference.\n\nTested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.0.1-00029-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/054b5580a36e435692c203c19abdcb9f7734320e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7382d02160ef93c806fe1c1d4ef1fec445266747"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:08:41.295252406+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53180","score":0.0014,"percentile":0.03334,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}