CVE-2023-53321 (GCVE-0-2023-53321)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-16 16:11
Modified
2026-01-14 18:32
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: drop short frames While technically some control frames like ACK are shorter and end after Address 1, such frames shouldn't be forwarded through wmediumd or similar userspace, so require the full 3-address header to avoid accessing invalid memory if shorter frames are passed in.
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Impacted products
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Linux Linux Version: 05d610af3e71a782fa28a1351b687da982d208ee
Version: 05d610af3e71a782fa28a1351b687da982d208ee
Version: 05d610af3e71a782fa28a1351b687da982d208ee
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Version: 05d610af3e71a782fa28a1351b687da982d208ee
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