wifi: mac80211: check for station first in client probe
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.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.1.55, 6.5.5
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-53588
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 03:40 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
wifi: mac80211: check for station first in client probe
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 4 Oct 2025, 15:44 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2023-53588
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.1.55, 6.5.5
Complete source record
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