{"cve":"CVE-2023-54053","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-24T13:16:06.980","modified":"2026-06-17T06:46:43.210","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: iwlwifi: pcie: fix possible NULL pointer dereference\n\nIt is possible that iwl_pci_probe() will fail and free the trans,\nthen afterwards iwl_pci_remove() will be called and crash by trying\nto access trans which is already freed, fix it.\n\niwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Detected crf-id 0xa5a5a5a2, cnv-id 0xa5a5a5a2\n\t\t      wfpm id 0xa5a5a5a2\niwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Can't find a correct rfid for crf id 0x5a2\n...\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000028\n...\nRIP: 0010:iwl_pci_remove+0x12/0x30 [iwlwifi]\npci_device_remove+0x3e/0xb0\ndevice_release_driver_internal+0x103/0x1f0\ndriver_detach+0x4c/0x90\nbus_remove_driver+0x5c/0xd0\ndriver_unregister+0x31/0x50\npci_unregister_driver+0x40/0x90\niwl_pci_unregister_driver+0x15/0x20 [iwlwifi]\n__exit_compat+0x9/0x98 [iwlwifi]\n__x64_sys_delete_module+0x147/0x260","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f9a1bcb94016d3a3c455a77b01f6bb06e15f6eb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fc0d287c1e7dcb39a3b9bb0f8679cd68c2156c7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7545f21eee1356ec98581125c4dba9c4c0cc7397","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b655b9a9f8467684cfa8906713d33b71ea8c8f54","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcd23aa6cc0ded7950b60ce1badb80b84045c6c0"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:18:08.089039631+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-54053","score":0.00251,"percentile":0.16555,"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."]}