7.1

CVE-2023-53229: linux

CVSS: 7.1v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53229DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53229
Published 15-09-2025Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53229 is a high (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.23%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 5

Timeline

  1. 15-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix invalid drv_sta_pre_rcu_remove calls for non-uploaded sta Avoid potential data corruption issues caused by uninitialized driver private data structures.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

13%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.23% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.23%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu123 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-156.173 | < 5.15.0-79.86
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1107.115 | < 5.15.0-1042.47
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 6a9d1b91f34df1935bc0ad98114801a44db0f98c, < db8d32d6b25fdb75c387daee496b96209d477780 | ≥ 6a9d1b91f34df1935bc0ad98114801a44db0f98c, < 7e68d7c640d41d8a371b8f6c2d2682ea437cbe21 | ≥ 6a9d1b91f34df1935bc0ad98114801a44db0f98c, < a3593082e0dadf87f17ea4ca9fa0210caaa2aebf | ≥ 6a9d1b91f34df1935bc0ad98114801a44db0f98c, < 3fe20515449a80a177526d2ecd13b43f6ee41aeb | ≥ 6a9d1b91f34df1935bc0ad98114801a44db0f98c, < 30c5a016a37a668c1c07442cf94de6e99ea7417a | ≥ 6a9d1b91f34df1935bc0ad98114801a44db0f98c, < 022c8320d9eb7394538bd716fa1a07a5ed92621b | ≥ 6a9d1b91f34df1935bc0ad98114801a44db0f98c, < 73752a39e2a6e38eee3ba90ece2ded598ea88006 | ≥ 6a9d1b91f34df1935bc0ad98114801a44db0f98c, < 12b220a6171faf10638ab683a975cadcf1a352d6 | 3.14
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.14, < 4.14.313 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.281 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.241 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.178 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.107 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.24 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.2.11 | 6.3:rc1 | 6.3:rc2 | 6.3:rc3 | 6.3:rc4 | 6.3:rc5
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.25-1

3 vendors · 126 products

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