{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2023-53257", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-09-15T14:19:21.850Z", "datePublished": "2025-09-15T14:46:29.009Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T09:13:19.341Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T09:13:19.341Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: check S1G action frame size\n\nBefore checking the action code, check that it even\nexists in the frame." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H", "baseScore": 7.1, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:A - The bug is in ieee80211_rx_h_action() on the mac80211 Wi‑Fi RX path; an attacker on the same radio/LAN segment injects a truncated S1G action frame (category present, action_code missing). Wi‑Fi frame injection is Adjacent, not Network or Local.\nAC:L - The attacker fully controls frame length and contents and can deterministically send a 25-byte action frame (IEEE80211_MIN_ACTION_SIZE) with WLAN_CATEGORY_S1G; no race or attacker-uncontrollable condition is required.\nPR:N - S1G action frames are non-robust, so MFP does not require encryption; an unauthenticated adjacent peer who is associated (e.g. open AP) or who spoofs an associated STA’s MAC reaches the path with no local account or capability on the victim.\nUI:N - The attacker triggers the path solely by transmitting the crafted management frame; no separate victim action (mount, open, click) is required beyond the interface already receiving Wi‑Fi frames.\nS:U - The out-of-bounds/uninit read and any resulting fault stay inside the host kernel mac80211 authority and do not cross a VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary.\nC:L - The defect is a strictly 1-byte out-of-bounds/uninit read of s1g.action_code past skb->len into adjacent/uninitialized skb memory, used only in a switch; that is a small bounded read, not an arbitrary read primitive, so Confidentiality is Low.\nI:N - This is a read-only length-check omission with no OOB write, UAF, or control-flow write primitive; the TWT follow-on path has its own length checks and does not grant an integrity or code-execution primitive.\nA:H - Reading past valid frame data into invalid/unmapped skb memory can oops/panic the kernel (as reflected by the KMSAN finding that motivated the fix), and an adjacent peer can trigger this repeatedly, so Availability is High." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/mac80211/rx.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "f5a4c24e689f54e66201f04d343bdd2e8a1d7923", "lessThan": "fedd9377dd9c71a950d432fbe1628eebfbed70a1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f5a4c24e689f54e66201f04d343bdd2e8a1d7923", "lessThan": "7ae7a1378a119780c8c17a6b5fc03011c3bb7029", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f5a4c24e689f54e66201f04d343bdd2e8a1d7923", "lessThan": "5e030a2509be72b452b6f4a800786d43229414db", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f5a4c24e689f54e66201f04d343bdd2e8a1d7923", "lessThan": "19e4a47ee74718a22e963e8a647c8c3bfe8bb05c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/mac80211/rx.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.15", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.15", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.15.133", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.55", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.5.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.5.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.133" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.55" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.5.5" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fedd9377dd9c71a950d432fbe1628eebfbed70a1" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae7a1378a119780c8c17a6b5fc03011c3bb7029" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e030a2509be72b452b6f4a800786d43229414db" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19e4a47ee74718a22e963e8a647c8c3bfe8bb05c" } ], "title": "wifi: mac80211: check S1G action frame size", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 7.8, "attackVector": "LOCAL", "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH" } }, { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2023-53257", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "total" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2026-01-14T18:02:03.384462Z" } } } ], "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "type": "CWE", "description": "CWE-noinfo Not enough information" } ] } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-01-14T18:02:52.955Z" } } ] } }