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CVE-2026-53093

wifi: brcmfmac: Fix error pointer dereference

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: Fix error pointer dereference The function brcmf_chip_add_core() can return an error pointer and is not checked. Add checks for error pointer. Detected by Smatch: drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/chip.c:1010 brcmf_chip_recognition() error: 'core' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR() drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/chip.c:1013 brcmf_chip_recognition() error: 'core' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR() drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/chip.c:1016 brcmf_chip_recognition() error: 'core' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR() drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/chip.c:1019 brcmf_chip_recognition() error: 'core' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR() drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/chip.c:1022 brcmf_chip_recognition() error: 'core' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR() [add missing wifi: prefix]

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • cb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 to < a3b45090a91e2f0b9715870d8f8d9ca2fdfbc1afaffected
  • cb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 to < 99ef547659178eef6d6ba4738a9d989ce90cf909affected
  • cb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 to < bd6c906e0c4af6d5d0c49c3c4ee090b4913da17daffected
  • cb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 to < d3f280be48f1c672cb10e8026c236d0cca60048aaffected
  • cb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 to < 2e0e5a43ed126f896a4ad31ade66c90270601baeaffected
  • cb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 to < cbea71b4480394708f9a6e007a0385acfe5e1ec8affected
  • cb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 to < 334c68750eee84c2327db1d152be83ff5ad8e20baffected
  • cb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 to < dd8592fc6007a451c3e4b9025de365e39de8178aaffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 3.15affected
  • 0 to < 3.15unaffected
  • 5.10.258 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.209 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.175 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.141 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.91 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.33 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.10 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

References