CVE-2023-53992
Not scored
wifi: cfg80211: ocb: don't leave if not joined
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.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
December 24, 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-2023-53992
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94332210902967b7d63294b43428c8ed075b20e6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abc76cf552e13cfa88a204b362a86b0e08e95228
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7b0fe3487d203c04ee1bda91a63bd4dd398c350
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53992.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53992