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Vulnerability · Published Mar 2, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-52525wifi: mwifiex: Fix oob check condition in mwifiex_process_rx_packet

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mwifiex: Fix oob check condition in mwifiex_process_rx_packet Only skip the code path trying to access the rfc1042 headers when the buffer is too small, so the driver can still process packets without rfc1042 headers.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.64-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52525
Debian:13linux6.5.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52525
Debian:14linux6.5.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.56.5.0-1013.13~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.56.5.0-17.17~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.56.5.0-17.17.1.1.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.56.5.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.56.5.0-1014.15UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.56.5.0-1015.15~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.7.0-1001.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52525

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux f517c97fc129995de77dd06aa5a74f909ebf568f – before 71b1d2b57f145c8469aa9346f0fd57bf59b2b89c8824aa4ab62c800f75d96f48e1883a5f56ec5869 – before 16cc18b9080892d1a0200a38e36ae52e464bc55529eca8b7863d1d7de6c5b746b374e3487d14f154 – before b8e260654a29de872e7cb85387d8ab8974694e8e3fe3923d092e22d87d1ed03e2729db444b8c1331 – before 10a18c8bac7f60d32b7af22da03b66f350beee387c54b6fc39eb1aac51cf2945f8a25e2a47fdca02 – before 5afb996349cb6d1f14d6ba9aaa7aed3bd82534f63975e21d4d01efaf0296ded40d11c06589c49245 – before 6b706286473db4fd54b5f869faa67f4a8cb18e99650d1bc02fba7b42f476d8b6643324abac5921ed – before be2ff39b1504c5359f4a083c1cfcad21d666e21611958528161731c58e105b501ed60b83a91ea941 – before aef7a0300047e7b4707ea0411dc9597cba108fc8
Linux Linux 4.14.326 – before 4.14.3274.19.295 – before 4.19.2965.4.257 – before 5.4.2585.10.195 – before 5.10.1985.15.132 – before 5.15.1356.1.53 – before 6.1.576.5.3 – before 6.5.7

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