CVE-2023-53540

medium

Description

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/676a423410131d111a264d29aecbe6aadd57fb22

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d4e04bf3a0f098bd9033de3a5291810fa14c7a6

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07added2c6cd63de047bc786b39436322abb67c0

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-10-04

Updated: 2025-10-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00017