Linux Kernel up to 6.2.2 wifi mt7601u_rx_skb_from_seg dma_len null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.234/5.10.172/5.15.98/6.1.15/6.2.2. This issue affects the function mt7601u_rx_skb_from_seg of the component wifi. The manipulation of the argument dma_len results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-53679. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.234/5.10.172/5.15.98/6.1.15/6.2.2. Affected is the function mt7601u_rx_skb_from_seg of the component wifi. The manipulation of the argument dma_len with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt7601u: fix an integer underflow Fix an integer underflow that leads to a null pointer dereference in 'mt7601u_rx_skb_from_seg()'. The variable 'dma_len' in the URB packet could be manipulated, which could trigger an integer underflow of 'seg_len' in 'mt7601u_rx_process_seg()'. This underflow subsequently causes the 'bad_frame' checks in 'mt7601u_rx_skb_from_seg()' to be bypassed, eventually leading to a dereference of the pointer 'p', which is a null pointer. Ensure that 'dma_len' is greater than 'min_seg_len'. Found by a modified version of syzkaller. KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f] CPU: 0 PID: 12 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Tainted: G W O 5.14.0+ #139 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:skb_add_rx_frag+0x143/0x370 Code: e2 07 83 c2 03 38 ca 7c 08 84 c9 0f 85 86 01 00 00 4c 8d 7d 08 44 89 68 08 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 0f 85 cd 01 00 00 48 8b 45 08 a8 01 0f 85 3d 01 00 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc900000cfc90 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff888115520dc0 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffff8881118430c0 RDI: ffff8881118430f8 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000e09 R09: 0000000000000010 R10: ffff888111843017 R11: ffffed1022308602 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000e09 R14: 0000000000000010 R15: 0000000000000008 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88811a800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000000004035af40 CR3: 00000001157f2000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: mt7601u_rx_tasklet+0xc73/0x1270 ? mt7601u_submit_rx_buf.isra.0+0x510/0x510 ? tasklet_action_common.isra.0+0x79/0x2f0 tasklet_action_common.isra.0+0x206/0x2f0 __do_softirq+0x1b5/0x880 ? tasklet_unlock+0x30/0x30 run_ksoftirqd+0x26/0x50 smpboot_thread_fn+0x34f/0x7d0 ? smpboot_register_percpu_thread+0x370/0x370 kthread+0x3a1/0x480 ? set_kthread_struct+0x120/0x120 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 Modules linked in: 88XXau(O) 88x2bu(O) ---[ end trace 57f34f93b4da0f9b ]--- RIP: 0010:skb_add_rx_frag+0x143/0x370 Code: e2 07 83 c2 03 38 ca 7c 08 84 c9 0f 85 86 01 00 00 4c 8d 7d 08 44 89 68 08 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 0f 85 cd 01 00 00 48 8b 45 08 a8 01 0f 85 3d 01 00 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc900000cfc90 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff888115520dc0 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffff8881118430c0 RDI: ffff8881118430f8 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000e09 R09: 0000000000000010 R10: ffff888111843017 R11: ffffed1022308602 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000e09 R14: 0000000000000010 R15: 0000000000000008 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88811a800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000000004035af40 CR3: 00000001157f2000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-53679 since 10/07/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16 or 6.2.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 67e4519afba215199b6dfa39ce5d7ea673ee4138/47dc1f425af57b71111d7b01ebd24e04e8d967ef/1a1f43059afae5cc9409e0c3bc63bfc09bc8facb/61d0163e2be7a439cf6f82e9ad7de563ecf41e7a/d0db59e2f718d1e2f1d2a2d8092168fdd2f3add0/803f3176c5df3b5582c27ea690f204abb60b19b9 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2229). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Dell NetWorker

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.4.234
• 5.10.172
• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
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• 5.15.91
• 5.15.92
• 5.15.93
• 5.15.94
• 5.15.95
• 5.15.96
• 5.15.97
• 5.15.98
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
• 6.1.8
• 6.1.9
• 6.1.10
• 6.1.11
• 6.1.12
• 6.1.13
• 6.1.14
• 6.1.15
• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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