4.4

CVE-2023-52800: wifi: ath11k: fix htt pktlog locking

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52800DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52800
Published 21-05-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-52800 is a medium (CVSS 4.4) Use After Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.4, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.23%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 30 · Related 29
RHSA-2024:7000SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1SUSE-SU-2024:2011-1SUSE-SU-2024:2019-1SUSE-SU-2024:2189-1SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1

Timeline

  1. 21-05-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: fix htt pktlog locking The ath11k active pdevs are protected by RCU but the htt pktlog handling code calling ath11k_mac_get_ar_by_pdev_id() was not marked as a read-side critical section. Mark the code in question as an RCU read-side critical section to avoid any potential use-after-free issues. Compile tested only.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.23% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, administrative account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu104 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-100.110
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1056.61
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d, < 03ed26935bebf6b6fd8a656490bf3dcc71b72679 | ≥ d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d, < 3a51e6b4da71fdfa43ec006d6abc020f3e22d14e | ≥ d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d, < e3199b3fac65c9f103055390b6fd07c5cffa5961 | ≥ d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d, < 423762f021825b5e57c3d6f01ff96a9ff19cdcd8 | ≥ d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d, < 69cede2a5a5f60e3f5602b901b52cb64edd2ea6c | ≥ d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d, < 3f77c7d605b29df277d77e9ee75d96e7ad145d2d | 5.6
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.6, < 5.10.202 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.140 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.64 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.5.13 | ≥ 6.6, < 6.6.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.64-1 | < 6.6.8-1

3 vendors · 107 products

References

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