CVE-2023-53588 (GCVE-0-2023-53588)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-04 15:44
Modified
2026-01-05 10:21
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: check for station first in client probe When probing a client, first check if we have it, and then check for the channel context, otherwise you can trigger the warning there easily by probing when the AP isn't even started yet. Since a client existing means the AP is also operating, we can then keep the warning. Also simplify the moved code a bit.
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Linux Linux Version: 55de908ab292c03f1eb280f51170ddb9c6b57e31
Version: 55de908ab292c03f1eb280f51170ddb9c6b57e31
Version: 55de908ab292c03f1eb280f51170ddb9c6b57e31
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