CVE-2023-53540 (GCVE-0-2023-53540)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-04 15:16 – Updated: 2025-10-04 15:16
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: reject auth/assoc to AP with our address If the AP uses our own address as its MLD address or BSSID, then clearly something's wrong. Reject such connections so we don't try and fail later.
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Linux Linux Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 676a423410131d111a264d29aecbe6aadd57fb22 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 07added2c6cd63de047bc786b39436322abb67c0 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 5d4e04bf3a0f098bd9033de3a5291810fa14c7a6 (git)
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    Linux Linux 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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