CVE-2023-52530
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix potential key use-after-free When ieee80211_key_link() is called by ieee80211_gtk_rekey_add() but returns 0 due to KRACK protection (identical key reinstall),…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix potential key use-after-free When ieee80211_key_link() is called by ieee80211_gtk_rekey_add() but returns 0 due to KRACK protection (identical key reinstall), ieee80211_gtk_rekey_add() will still return a pointer into the key, in a potential use-after-free. This normally doesn't happen since it's only called by iwlwifi in case of WoWLAN rekey offload which has its own KRACK protection, but still better to fix, do that by returning an error code and converting that to success on the cfg80211 boundary only, leaving the error for bad callers of ieee80211_gtk_rekey_add().
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2408f491ff998d674707725eadc47d8930aced09Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f4e16e39e4f5e78248dd9e51276a83203950b36Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31db78a4923ef5e2008f2eed321811ca79e7f71bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65c72a7201704574dace708cbc96a8f367b1491dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8a834eb09bb95c2bf9c76f1a28ecef7d8c439d0Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8e599a635066c50ac214c3e10858f1d37e03022Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f4e16e39e4f5e78248dd9e51276a83203950b36Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31db78a4923ef5e2008f2eed321811ca79e7f71bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65c72a7201704574dace708cbc96a8f367b1491dPatch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.