6.8

CVE-2023-53992: linux

CVSS: 6.8v4.0MediumDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53992DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53992
Published 24-12-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53992 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (OSV · Ubuntu), selected by version preference
EPSS score
0.20%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 9
RHSA-2024:2394SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1SUSE-SU-2026:0473-1

Timeline

  1. 24-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: ocb: don't leave if not joined If there's no OCB state, don't ask the driver/mac80211 to leave, since that's just confusing. Since set/clear the chandef state, that's a simple check.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.20% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.20%

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

Ubuntu125 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.55-1 | < 6.5.6-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 6e0bd6c35b021dc73a81ebd1ef79761233c48b50, < d7b0fe3487d203c04ee1bda91a63bd4dd398c350 | ≥ 6e0bd6c35b021dc73a81ebd1ef79761233c48b50, < 94332210902967b7d63294b43428c8ed075b20e6 | ≥ 6e0bd6c35b021dc73a81ebd1ef79761233c48b50, < abc76cf552e13cfa88a204b362a86b0e08e95228 | 3.19

3 vendors · 127 products

References

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