CVE-2023-53257 (GCVE-0-2023-53257)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-15 14:46 – Updated: 2026-01-14 18:02
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Title
wifi: mac80211: check S1G action frame size
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: check S1G action frame size Before checking the action code, check that it even exists in the frame.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: f5a4c24e689f54e66201f04d343bdd2e8a1d7923 , < fedd9377dd9c71a950d432fbe1628eebfbed70a1 (git)
Affected: f5a4c24e689f54e66201f04d343bdd2e8a1d7923 , < 7ae7a1378a119780c8c17a6b5fc03011c3bb7029 (git)
Affected: f5a4c24e689f54e66201f04d343bdd2e8a1d7923 , < 5e030a2509be72b452b6f4a800786d43229414db (git)
Affected: f5a4c24e689f54e66201f04d343bdd2e8a1d7923 , < 19e4a47ee74718a22e963e8a647c8c3bfe8bb05c (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 5.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.133 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.55 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.5.5 , ≤ 6.5.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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