{"cve":"CVE-2023-53302","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-16T08:15:39.627","modified":"2026-06-17T06:44:47.427","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: iwl4965: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue()\n\nAdd the check for the return value of the create_singlethread_workqueue()\nin order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.","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/26e6775f75517ad6844fe5b79bc5f3fa8c22ee61","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f85c768bea2057e3299d19514da9e932c4f92d2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3185d6cfc59277a77bf311dce701b7e25193f66a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/874a85051cc8df8c5b928d8ff172b342cdc5424b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/878a7c8357764e08bc778bcb26127fc12a4b36b7"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:08:41.295252406+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53302","score":0.00149,"percentile":0.0405,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}