CVE-2023-53540
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53540
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53540.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53540
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2025-10-04T15:16:50.079Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-20T12:33:13.175949Z
- Summary
- wifi: cfg80211: reject auth/assoc to AP with our address
- Details
-
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.
- Database specific
{ "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53540.json", "cna_assigner": "Linux" }- References
-
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07added2c6cd63de047bc786b39436322abb67c0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d4e04bf3a0f098bd9033de3a5291810fa14c7a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/676a423410131d111a264d29aecbe6aadd57fb22
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53540.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53540
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git