5.5

CVE-2026-23373: wifi: rsi: Don't default to -EOPNOTSUPP in rsi_mac80211_config

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23373DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23373
Published 25-03-2026Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-23373 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.12%
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 2 · Related 2
SUSE-SU-2026:21834-1SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1

Timeline

  1. 25-03-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rsi: Don't default to -EOPNOTSUPP in rsi_mac80211_config This triggers a WARN_ON in ieee80211_hw_conf_init and isn't the expected behavior from the driver - other drivers default to 0 too.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

2%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.11% 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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

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

Ubuntu107 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)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 0a44dfc070749514b804ccac0b1fd38718f7daa1, < b64fbd718cf42feb75502bf25d0d16eb671aea45 | ≥ 0a44dfc070749514b804ccac0b1fd38718f7daa1, < 95ed07644b2c6119f706484b87b7f43e6133f3b5 | ≥ 0a44dfc070749514b804ccac0b1fd38718f7daa1, < 67d10e8db57ffc21f8177e9e884bbc743fdc0bae | ≥ 0a44dfc070749514b804ccac0b1fd38718f7daa1, < d973b1039ccde6b241b438d53297edce4de45b5c | 6.9
  • linux_kernelEOL≥ 6.9.1, < 6.12.77 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.18.17 | ≥ 6.19, < 6.19.7 | 6.9 | 7.0:rc1 | 7.0:rc2 | 7.0:rc3 | 7.0:rc4 | 7.0:rc5 | 7.0:rc6 | 7.0:rc7
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.12.85-1 | < 6.19.8-1

3 vendors · 110 products

References

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