CVE-2023-52769 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix htt mlo-offset event locking The ath12k active pdevs are protected by RCU but the htt mlo-offset event handling code calling ath12k_mac_get_ar_by_pdev_id() was not marked as a read-side critical section. Mark the code in question as an RCU read-side critical section to avoid any potential use-after-free issues. Compile tested only.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00238.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6afc57ea315e0f660b1f870a681737bb7b71faef
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afd3425bd69610f318403084fe491e24a1357fb9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d908ca431e20b0e4bfc5d911d1744910ed779bdb
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024052150-CVE-2023-52769-8bac@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52769
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52769

History

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-05-21T15:30:52.308Z

Updated: 2026-08-04T09:11:50.488Z

Reserved: 2024-05-21T15:19:24.238Z

Link: CVE-2023-52769

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:11:36.063Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-05-21T16:15:16.140

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:43:32.317

Link: CVE-2023-52769

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-05-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-52769 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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