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CVE-2026-53093

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]

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-53093
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-06-09 07:44 UTC
Published
2026-06-24 16:30 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-24 16:30 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

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Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux — cb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 < a3b45090a91e2f0b9715870d8f8d9ca2fdfbc1af, cb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 < 99ef547659178eef6d6ba4738a9d989ce90cf909, cb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 < bd6c906e0c4af6d5d0c49c3c4ee090b4913da17d, cb7cf7be9eba76f3cd6258906074c72084570c84 < d3f280be48f1c672cb10e8026c236d0cca60048a …
Linux Linux — 3.15, 0 < 3.15, 5.10.258 ≤ 5.10.*, 5.15.209 ≤ 5.15.* …
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