{"id":"CVE-2023-54141","summary":"wifi: ath11k: Add missing hw_ops-\u003eget_ring_selector() for IPQ5018","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath11k: Add missing hw_ops-\u003eget_ring_selector() for IPQ5018\n\nDuring sending data after clients connected, hw_ops-\u003eget_ring_selector()\nwill be called. But for IPQ5018, this member isn't set, and the\nfollowing NULL pointer exception will be occurred:\n\n\t[   38.840478] 8\u003c--- cut here ---\n\t[   38.840517] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000\n\t...\n\t[   38.923161] PC is at 0x0\n\t[   38.927930] LR is at ath11k_dp_tx+0x70/0x730 [ath11k]\n\t...\n\t[   39.063264] Process hostapd (pid: 1034, stack limit = 0x801ceb3d)\n\t[   39.068994] Stack: (0x856a9a68 to 0x856aa000)\n\t...\n\t[   39.438467] [\u003c7f323804\u003e] (ath11k_dp_tx [ath11k]) from [\u003c7f314e6c\u003e] (ath11k_mac_op_tx+0x80/0x190 [ath11k])\n\t[   39.446607] [\u003c7f314e6c\u003e] (ath11k_mac_op_tx [ath11k]) from [\u003c7f17dbe0\u003e] (ieee80211_handle_wake_tx_queue+0x7c/0xc0 [mac80211])\n\t[   39.456162] [\u003c7f17dbe0\u003e] (ieee80211_handle_wake_tx_queue [mac80211]) from [\u003c7f174450\u003e] (ieee80211_probereq_get+0x584/0x704 [mac80211])\n\t[   39.467443] [\u003c7f174450\u003e] (ieee80211_probereq_get [mac80211]) from [\u003c7f178c40\u003e] (ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb+0x1f8/0x248 [mac80211])\n\t[   39.479334] [\u003c7f178c40\u003e] (ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb [mac80211]) from [\u003c7f179e28\u003e] (__ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0x32c/0x3d4 [mac80211])\n\t[   39.491053] [\u003c7f179e28\u003e] (__ieee80211_subif_start_xmit [mac80211]) from [\u003c7f17af08\u003e] (ieee80211_tx_control_port+0x19c/0x288 [mac80211])\n\t[   39.502946] [\u003c7f17af08\u003e] (ieee80211_tx_control_port [mac80211]) from [\u003c7f0fc704\u003e] (nl80211_tx_control_port+0x174/0x1d4 [cfg80211])\n\t[   39.515017] [\u003c7f0fc704\u003e] (nl80211_tx_control_port [cfg80211]) from [\u003c808ceac4\u003e] (genl_rcv_msg+0x154/0x340)\n\t[   39.526814] [\u003c808ceac4\u003e] (genl_rcv_msg) from [\u003c808cdb74\u003e] (netlink_rcv_skb+0xb8/0x11c)\n\t[   39.536446] [\u003c808cdb74\u003e] (netlink_rcv_skb) from [\u003c808ce1d0\u003e] (genl_rcv+0x28/0x34)\n\t[   39.544344] [\u003c808ce1d0\u003e] (genl_rcv) from [\u003c808cd234\u003e] (netlink_unicast+0x174/0x274)\n\t[   39.551895] [\u003c808cd234\u003e] (netlink_unicast) from [\u003c808cd510\u003e] (netlink_sendmsg+0x1dc/0x440)\n\t[   39.559362] [\u003c808cd510\u003e] (netlink_sendmsg) from [\u003c808596e0\u003e] (____sys_sendmsg+0x1a8/0x1fc)\n\t[   39.567697] [\u003c808596e0\u003e] (____sys_sendmsg) from [\u003c8085b1a8\u003e] (___sys_sendmsg+0xa4/0xdc)\n\t[   39.575941] [\u003c8085b1a8\u003e] (___sys_sendmsg) from [\u003c8085b310\u003e] (sys_sendmsg+0x44/0x74)\n\t[   39.583841] [\u003c8085b310\u003e] (sys_sendmsg) from [\u003c80300060\u003e] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x40)\n\t...\n\t[   39.620734] Code: bad PC value\n\t[   39.625869] ---[ end trace 8aef983ad3cbc032 ]---","modified":"2026-03-31T17:29:44.794328Z","published":"2025-12-24T13:06:55.468Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1","SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1","SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1","SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1","SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/54xxx/CVE-2023-54141.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c36289e3c5e83286974ef68c20c821fd5b63801c"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce282d8de71f07f0056ea319541141152c65f552"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1992d72a359732f143cc962917104d193705da7"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/54xxx/CVE-2023-54141.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54141"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"ba60f2793d3a37a00da14bb56a26558a902d2831"},{"fixed":"d1992d72a359732f143cc962917104d193705da7"},{"fixed":"c36289e3c5e83286974ef68c20c821fd5b63801c"},{"fixed":"ce282d8de71f07f0056ea319541141152c65f552"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-54141.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.3.0"},{"fixed":"6.3.13"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.4.0"},{"fixed":"6.4.4"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-54141.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}