CVE-2023-53071

Name	CVE-2023-53071
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: do not run mt76_unregister_device() on unregistered hw Trying to probe a mt7921e pci card without firmware results in a successful probe where ieee80211_register_hw hasn't been called. When removing the driver, ieee802111_unregister_hw is called unconditionally leading to a kernel NULL pointer dereference. Fix the issue running mt76_unregister_device routine just for registered hw.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.237-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.137-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.135-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.27-1	fixed
	sid	6.12.29-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
linux	source	bullseye	(not affected)
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.115-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.3.7-1

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/41130c32f3a18fcc930316da17f3a5f3bc326aa1 (6.3-rc4)