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Vulnerability · Published Dec 30, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-54229wifi: ath11k: fix registration of 6Ghz-only phy without the full channel range

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In plain English

A 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 10% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: fix registration of 6Ghz-only phy without the full channel range Because of what seems to be a typo, a 6Ghz-only phy for which the BDF does not allow the 7115Mhz channel will fail to register: WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 106 at net/wireless/core.c:907 wiphy_register+0x914/0x954 Modules linked in: ath11k_pci sbsa_gwdt CPU: 2 PID: 106 Comm: kworker/u8:5 Not tainted 6.3.0-rc7-next-20230418-00549-g1e096a17625a-dirty #9 Hardware name: Freebox V7R Board (DT) Workqueue: ath11k_qmi_driver_event ath11k_qmi_driver_event_work pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : wiphy_register+0x914/0x954 lr : ieee80211_register_hw+0x67c/0xc10 sp : ffffff800b123aa0 x29: ffffff800b123aa0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000000 x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000006 x24: ffffffc008d51418 x23: ffffffc008cb0838 x22: ffffff80176c2460 x21: 0000000000000168 x20: ffffff80176c0000 x19: ffffff80176c03e0 x18: 0000000000000014 x17: 00000000cbef338c x16: 00000000d2a26f21 x15: 00000000ad6bb85f x14: 0000000000000020 x13: 0000000000000020 x12: 00000000ffffffbd x11: 0000000000000208 x10: 00000000fffffdf7 x9 : ffffffc009394718 x8 : ffffff80176c0528 x7 : 000000007fffffff x6 : 0000000000000006 x5 : 0000000000000005 x4 : ffffff800b304284 x3 : ffffff800b304284 x2 : ffffff800b304d98 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000 Call trace: wiphy_register+0x914/0x954 ieee80211_register_hw+0x67c/0xc10 ath11k_mac_register+0x7c4/0xe10 ath11k_core_qmi_firmware_ready+0x1f4/0x570 ath11k_qmi_driver_event_work+0x198/0x590 process_one_work+0x1b8/0x328 worker_thread+0x6c/0x414 kthread+0x100/0x104 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- ath11k_pci 0002:01:00.0: ieee80211 registration failed: -22 ath11k_pci 0002:01:00.0: failed register the radio with mac80211: -22 ath11k_pci 0002:01:00.0: failed to create pdev core: -22

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.52-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54229
Debian:13linux6.4.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54229
Debian:14linux6.4.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-112.122UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1063.69UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1066.75UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1067.76.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1062.70UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1060.66UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1046.53UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1056.59UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1058.64UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1060.65UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-110.120UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1058.59UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1026.26UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1061.67UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1058.61UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1030.34UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54229

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 22eeadcdeab63e88983401f699f61a0121c03a0d – before 532f8bac60419eb28158770470b9bb655de207c822eeadcdeab63e88983401f699f61a0121c03a0d – before f97832620d7f320bea81707f34631371e87a419b22eeadcdeab63e88983401f699f61a0121c03a0d – before 8d1342108c2bf11aaaf293becfc010ecdb6170d922eeadcdeab63e88983401f699f61a0121c03a0d – before 32ca096e712a78b2f0d2e48d33dc0caaba9f986622eeadcdeab63e88983401f699f61a0121c03a0d – before e2ceb1de2f83aafd8003f0b72dfd4b7441e97d14
Linux Linux 5.9

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