Bug 2395323 (CVE-2023-53153) - CVE-2023-53153 kernel: wifi: cfg80211: Fix use after free for wext
Summary: CVE-2023-53153 kernel: wifi: cfg80211: Fix use after free for wext
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-53153
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-09-15 15:07 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-09-19 16:45 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-09-15 15:07:31 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: cfg80211: Fix use after free for wext

Key information in wext.connect is not reset on (re)connect and can hold
data from a previous connection.

Reset key data to avoid that drivers or mac80211 incorrectly detect a
WEP connection request and access the freed or already reused memory.

Additionally optimize cfg80211_sme_connect() and avoid an useless
schedule of conn_work.


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