CVE-2023-53229 — Use of Uninitialized Resource in Linux

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 15

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix invalid drv_sta_pre_rcu_remove calls for non-uploaded sta Avoid potential data corruption issues caused by uninitialized driver private data structures.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel3.14 — 4.14.313+7
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux6a9d1b91f34df1935bc0ad98114801a44db0f98c — db8d32d6b25fdb75c387daee496b96209d477780+8
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.25-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-gp34-4gq9-fh7j: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix invalid drv_sta_pre_rcu_remove calls for non-uploaded sta Av↗2025-09-15
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OSV
CVE-2023-53229: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix invalid drv_sta_pre_rcu_remove calls for non-uploaded sta Avoi↗2025-09-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: wifi: mac80211: fix invalid drv_sta_pre_rcu_remove calls for non-uploaded sta↗2025-09-15
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Debian
CVE-2023-53229: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80...↗2023
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