CVE-2023-53588 — Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 4
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: check for station first in client probe
When probing a client, first check if we have it, and then
check for the channel context, otherwise you can trigger
the warning there easily by probing when the AP isn't even
started yet. Since a client existing means the AP is also
operating, we can then keep the warning.
Also simplify the moved code a bit.
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
▶CVEListV5linux/linux55de908ab292c03f1eb280f51170ddb9c6b57e31 — 7e1cda5cf07f848e6b50b4e5e7761ffbce905a3d+3
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-qq6w-hrfm-74vg: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: check for station first in client probe
When probing a client, f↗2025-10-04
OSV▶
CVE-2023-53588: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: check for station first in client probe When probing a client, fir↗2025-10-04