CVE-2023-53153

CVE-2023-53153: vulnerability in Linux

wifi: cfg80211: Fix use after free for wext

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3Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackepss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 94% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: Fix use after free for wext Key information in wext.connect is not reset on (re)connect and can hold data from a previous connection. Reset key data to avoid that drivers or mac80211 incorrectly detect a WEP connection request and access the freed or already reused memory. Additionally optimize cfg80211_sme_connect() and avoid an useless schedule of conn_work.
Affected products
Linux · Linux
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References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/015b8cc5e7c4d7bb671f1984d7b7338c310b185bhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22dfb21bf1cd876616d45cda1bc6daa89eec6747https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cfe78619b0de6d2da773978bc2d22797212eaa7https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66af4a2ab1d65d556d638cb9555a3b823c2557a9https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f1959c17d4cb5b74af6fc31dc787e1dc3e4f6e2https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2a92b3e9d8e03ee3f9ee407fc46a9b4bd02d8b6https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4b6a138efb8a32507b8946104e32cb926308da7https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd081afd21eb35b968b0330700c43ec94986e1c4