CVE-2023-53153
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
15/09/2025
Last modified:
15/09/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
wifi: cfg80211: Fix use after free for wext<br />
<br />
Key information in wext.connect is not reset on (re)connect and can hold<br />
data from a previous connection.<br />
<br />
Reset key data to avoid that drivers or mac80211 incorrectly detect a<br />
WEP connection request and access the freed or already reused memory.<br />
<br />
Additionally optimize cfg80211_sme_connect() and avoid an useless<br />
schedule of conn_work.
Impact
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/015b8cc5e7c4d7bb671f1984d7b7338c310b185b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22dfb21bf1cd876616d45cda1bc6daa89eec6747
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cfe78619b0de6d2da773978bc2d22797212eaa7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66af4a2ab1d65d556d638cb9555a3b823c2557a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f1959c17d4cb5b74af6fc31dc787e1dc3e4f6e2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2a92b3e9d8e03ee3f9ee407fc46a9b4bd02d8b6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4b6a138efb8a32507b8946104e32cb926308da7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd081afd21eb35b968b0330700c43ec94986e1c4



