Bug 2395688 (CVE-2023-53277)

Summary: CVE-2023-53277 kernel: wifi: iwl3945: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-09-16 09:03:40 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: iwl3945: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue

Add the check for the return value of the create_singlethread_workqueue
in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.
Comment 1 Keith Grant 2025-09-16 14:48:33 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091623-CVE-2023-53277-2b69@gregkh/T