Vulnerability · Published Mar 6, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-52595wifi: rt2x00: restart beacon queue when hardware reset

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-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 7% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.1% 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: rt2x00: restart beacon queue when hardware reset When a hardware reset is triggered, all registers are reset, so all queues are forced to stop in hardware interface. However, mac80211 will not automatically stop the queue. If we don't manually stop the beacon queue, the queue will be deadlocked and unable to start again. This patch fixes the issue where Apple devices cannot connect to the AP after calling ieee80211_restart_hw().

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8bpftool4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-abi-stablelists4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-core4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-cross-headers4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-core4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-devel4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-devel4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-doc4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-headers4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules-extra4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-core4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-core4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-devel4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-kvm4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-devel4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-kvm4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules-extra4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs-devel4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-core4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-devel4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8perf4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
AlmaLinux:8python3-perf4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:3618
Debian:12linux6.1.82-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52595
Debian:13linux6.7.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52595
Debian:14linux6.7.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52595
Rocky Linux:8kernel0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10RLSA-2024:3618
Rocky Linux:8kernel-rt0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10RLSA-2024:3627
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-106.116USN-6766-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-106.116UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1061.67USN-6766-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1061.67UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1063.72USN-6766-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1063.72UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.56.5.0-1022.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.56.5.0-1022.23~22.04.1USN-6819-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1063.72.1USN-6766-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1063.72.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1059.67USN-6766-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1059.67UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.56.5.0-1022.24~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.56.5.0-1022.24~22.04.1USN-6818-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1058.63UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1058.63USN-6766-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1044.51USN-6766-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1044.51UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.56.5.0-41.41~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.56.5.0-41.41~22.04.2USN-6818-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1054.57USN-6766-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1054.57UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1057.63USN-6795-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1057.63UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1058.63USN-6766-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1058.63UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-106.116UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-106.116USN-6766-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.56.5.0-41.41.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.56.5.0-41.41.1~22.04.1USN-6818-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1054.55UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1054.55USN-6766-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.56.5.0-1021.22UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.56.5.0-1021.22USN-6818-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1026.26UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.16.1.0-1035.35USN-6688-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.16.1.0-1035.35UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.56.5.0-1024.25USN-6819-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.56.5.0-1024.25UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1059.65UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1059.65USN-6766-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.56.5.0-1024.24~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.56.5.0-1024.24~22.04.1USN-6819-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1054.57UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1054.57USN-6766-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.56.5.0-40.40.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.56.5.0-1015.16~22.04.1USN-6819-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.56.5.0-1015.16~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1030.34UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52595

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux e403fa31ed71e87de8e5991e23406b8377c9c894 – before e1f113b57ddd18274d7c83618deca25cc880bc48e403fa31ed71e87de8e5991e23406b8377c9c894 – before 69e905beca193125820c201ab3db4fb0e245124ee403fa31ed71e87de8e5991e23406b8377c9c894 – before 4cc198580a7b93a36f5beb923f40f7ae27a3716ce403fa31ed71e87de8e5991e23406b8377c9c894 – before 739b3ccd9486dff04af95f9a890846d088a84957e403fa31ed71e87de8e5991e23406b8377c9c894 – before 04cfe4a5da57ab9358cdfadea22bcb37324aaf83e403fa31ed71e87de8e5991e23406b8377c9c894 – before fdb580ed05df8973aa5149cafa598c64bebcd0cbe403fa31ed71e87de8e5991e23406b8377c9c894 – before a11d965a218f0cd95b13fe44d0bcd8a20ce134a8
Linux Linux 5.3

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