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CVE-2023-53540

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
04/10/2025
Last modified:
09/02/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> wifi: cfg80211: reject auth/assoc to AP with our address<br /> <br /> If the AP uses our own address as its MLD address or BSSID, then<br /> clearly something&amp;#39;s wrong. Reject such connections so we don&amp;#39;t<br /> try and fail later.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.6.32 (including) 6.1.55 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.2 (including) 6.5.5 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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