PUBLISHED DATE: May 2, 2025CVE-2023-53071:
In the Linux kernel,...

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: do not run mt76_unregister_device() on unregistered hw Trying to probe a mt7921e pci card without firmware results in a successful probe where ieee80211_register_hw hasn't been called. When removing the driver, ieee802111_unregister_hw is called unconditionally leading to a kernel NULL pointer dereference. Fix the issue running mt76_unregister_device routine just for registered hw.

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References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53071