wifi: cfg80211: reject auth/assoc to AP with our address

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-53540
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-10-04 16:15:49 UTC
Updated2026-04-06 13:32:53 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: reject auth/assoc to AP with our address If the AP uses our own address as its MLD address or BSSID, then clearly something's wrong. Reject such connections so we don't try and fail later.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 19957bb399e2722719c0e20c9ae91cf8b6aaff04 676a423410131d111a264d29aecbe6aadd57fb22 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 19957bb399e2722719c0e20c9ae91cf8b6aaff04 07added2c6cd63de047bc786b39436322abb67c0 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 19957bb399e2722719c0e20c9ae91cf8b6aaff04 5d4e04bf3a0f098bd9033de3a5291810fa14c7a6 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 2.6.32 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 2.6.32 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.1.55 6.1.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.5.5 6.5.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.6 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/07added2c6cd63de047bc786b39436322abb67c0 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d4e04bf3a0f098bd9033de3a5291810fa14c7a6 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/676a423410131d111a264d29aecbe6aadd57fb22 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
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