Bug 2405773 (CVE-2023-53715) - CVE-2023-53715 kernel: wifi: brcmfmac: cfg80211: Pass the PMK in binary instead of hex
Summary: CVE-2023-53715 kernel: wifi: brcmfmac: cfg80211: Pass the PMK in binary inste...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-53715
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-10-22 14:06 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-10-29 09:54 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-22 14:06:16 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: brcmfmac: cfg80211: Pass the PMK in binary instead of hex

Apparently the hex passphrase mechanism does not work on newer
chips/firmware (e.g. BCM4387). It seems there was a simple way of
passing it in binary all along, so use that and avoid the hexification.

OpenBSD has been doing it like this from the beginning, so this should
work on all chips.

Also clear the structure before setting the PMK. This was leaking
uninitialized stack contents to the device.


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