CVE-2026-53093

Summary

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 Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxcb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 < a3b45090a91e2f0b9715870d8f8d9ca2fdfbc1afaffected
LinuxLinuxcb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 < 99ef547659178eef6d6ba4738a9d989ce90cf909affected
LinuxLinuxcb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 < bd6c906e0c4af6d5d0c49c3c4ee090b4913da17daffected
LinuxLinuxcb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 < d3f280be48f1c672cb10e8026c236d0cca60048aaffected
LinuxLinuxcb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 < 2e0e5a43ed126f896a4ad31ade66c90270601baeaffected
LinuxLinuxcb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 < cbea71b4480394708f9a6e007a0385acfe5e1ec8affected
LinuxLinuxcb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 < 334c68750eee84c2327db1d152be83ff5ad8e20baffected
LinuxLinuxcb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 < dd8592fc6007a451c3e4b9025de365e39de8178aaffected
LinuxLinux3.15affected
LinuxLinux0 < 3.15unaffected
LinuxLinux5.10.258 <= 5.10.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.15.209 <= 5.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.175 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.141 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.91 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.33 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.0.10 <= 7.0.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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