CVE-2023-53540
High
wifi: cfg80211: reject auth/assoc to AP with our address
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: reject auth/assoc to AP with our address If the AP uses our own address as its MLD address or BSSID, then clearly something's wrong. Reject such connections so we don't try and fail later.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
October 4, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-53540
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: reject auth/assoc to AP with our address If the AP uses our own address as its MLD address or BSSID, then clearly something's wrong. Reject such connections so we don't try and fail later.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07added2c6cd63de047bc786b39436322abb67c0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d4e04bf3a0f098bd9033de3a5291810fa14c7a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/676a423410131d111a264d29aecbe6aadd57fb22
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53540.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53540