Vulnerability · Published Dec 9, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-53822wifi: ath11k: Ignore frags from uninitialized peer in dp.

High 8.8

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 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 70.5% 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: ath11k: Ignore frags from uninitialized peer in dp. When max virtual ap interfaces are configured in all the bands with ACS and hostapd restart is done every 60s, a crash is observed at random times. In this certain scenario, a fragmented packet is received for self peer, for which rx_tid and rx_frags are not initialized in datapath. While handling this fragment, crash is observed as the rx_frag list is uninitialised and when we walk in ath11k_dp_rx_h_sort_frags, skb null leads to exception. To address this, before processing received fragments we check dp_setup_done flag is set to ensure that peer has completed its dp peer setup for fragment queue, else ignore processing the fragments. Call trace: ath11k_dp_process_rx_err+0x550/0x1084 [ath11k] ath11k_dp_service_srng+0x70/0x370 [ath11k] 0xffffffc009693a04 __napi_poll+0x30/0xa4 net_rx_action+0x118/0x270 __do_softirq+0x10c/0x244 irq_exit+0x64/0xb4 __handle_domain_irq+0x88/0xac gic_handle_irq+0x74/0xbc el1_irq+0xf0/0x1c0 arch_cpu_idle+0x10/0x18 do_idle+0x104/0x248 cpu_startup_entry+0x20/0x64 rest_init+0xd0/0xdc arch_call_rest_init+0xc/0x14 start_kernel+0x480/0x4b8 Code: f9400281 f94066a2 91405021 b94a0023 (f9406401) Tested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01744-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.37-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53822
Debian:13linux6.3.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53822
Debian:14linux6.3.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53822

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d – before e78526a06b53718bfc1dfff37864c7760e41f8ecd5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d – before 41efc47f5bc53e63461579e206adc17c4452ab6ed5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d – before a06bfb3c9f69f303692cdae87bc0899d2ae8b2a6
Linux Linux 5.6

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