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CVE-2023-52595: wifi: rt2x00: restart beacon queue when hardware reset

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.17% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 04cfe4a5da57ab9358cdfadea22bcb37324aaf83, 4cc198580a7b93a36f5beb923f40f7ae27a3716c, 69e905beca193125820c201ab3db4fb0e245124e.
  • Mentioned 2 times in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 04cfe4a5da57ab9358cdfadea22bcb37324aaf83, 4cc198580a7b93a36f5beb923f40f7ae27a3716c, 69e905beca193125820c201ab3db4fb0e245124e or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rt2x00: restart beacon queue when hardware reset When a hardware reset is triggered, all registers are reset, so all queues are forced to stop in hardware interface. However, mac80211 will not automatically stop the queue. If we don't manually stop the beacon queue, the queue will be deadlocked and unable to start again. This patch fixes the issue where Apple devices cannot connect to the AP after calling ieee80211_restart_hw().

Published
Mar 6, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 6th percentile

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22

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 5.3affected
    • e403fa31ed71e87de8e5991e23406b8377c9c894 and later · before e1f113b57ddd18274d7c83618deca25cc880bc48affected · git
    • e403fa31ed71e87de8e5991e23406b8377c9c894 and later · before 69e905beca193125820c201ab3db4fb0e245124eaffected · git
    • e403fa31ed71e87de8e5991e23406b8377c9c894 and later · before 4cc198580a7b93a36f5beb923f40f7ae27a3716caffected · git
    • e403fa31ed71e87de8e5991e23406b8377c9c894 and later · before 739b3ccd9486dff04af95f9a890846d088a84957affected · git
    • e403fa31ed71e87de8e5991e23406b8377c9c894 and later · before 04cfe4a5da57ab9358cdfadea22bcb37324aaf83affected · git
    • e403fa31ed71e87de8e5991e23406b8377c9c894 and later · before fdb580ed05df8973aa5149cafa598c64bebcd0cbaffected · git
    • e403fa31ed71e87de8e5991e23406b8377c9c894 and later · before a11d965a218f0cd95b13fe44d0bcd8a20ce134a8affected · git
    • before 5.3not affected · semver
    • 5.4.269 and later · up to and including 5.4.*not affected · semver
Affected versions · NVD (6)

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernelbefore 5.4.269
  • linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.210
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.149
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.77
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.16
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.7.4

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rtbefore 4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_104.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-corebefore 4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_104.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debugbefore 4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_104.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-corebefore 4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_104.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-develbefore 4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_104.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-kvmbefore 4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_104.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modulesbefore 4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_104.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules-extrabefore 4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_104.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-develbefore 4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_104.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-kvmbefore 4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_104.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modulesbefore 4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_104.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules-extrabefore 4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_104.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
Debian:11linuxbefore 5.10.216-15.10.216-1
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.82-16.1.82-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.7.7-16.7.7-1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvkernel-rtbefore 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_100:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvkernel-rt-corebefore 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_100:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvkernel-rt-debugbefore 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_100:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvkernel-rt-debug-corebefore 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_100:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvkernel-rt-debug-debuginfobefore 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_100:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvkernel-rt-debug-develbefore 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_100:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvkernel-rt-debug-kvmbefore 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_100:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvkernel-rt-debug-modulesbefore 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_100:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvkernel-rt-debug-modules-extrabefore 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_100:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10

+85

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    89Now
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    85Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-52593Mar 6, 2024 · wifi: wfx: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in wfx_set_mfp_ap()
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-52594Mar 6, 2024 · wifi: ath9k: Fix potential array-index-out-of-bounds read in ath9k_htc_txstatus()
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-52596Mar 6, 2024 · sysctl: Fix out of bounds access for empty sysctl registers
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux04cfe4a5da57ab9358cdfadea22bcb37324aaf83Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4cc198580a7b93a36f5beb923f40f7ae27a3716cVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux69e905beca193125820c201ab3db4fb0e245124eVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux739b3ccd9486dff04af95f9a890846d088a84957Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxa11d965a218f0cd95b13fe44d0bcd8a20ce134a8Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxe1f113b57ddd18274d7c83618deca25cc880bc48Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxfdb580ed05df8973aa5149cafa598c64bebcd0cbVendor (CNA)
almalinux:kernel-rt4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · AlmaLinux:8Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-rt-core4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · AlmaLinux:8Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-rt-debug4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · AlmaLinux:8Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-rt-debug-core4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · AlmaLinux:8Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-rt-debug-devel4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · AlmaLinux:8Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-rt-debug-kvm4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · AlmaLinux:8Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-rt-debug-modules4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · AlmaLinux:8Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · AlmaLinux:8Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-rt-devel4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · AlmaLinux:8Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-rt-kvm4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · AlmaLinux:8Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-rt-modules4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · AlmaLinux:8Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-rt-modules-extra4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · AlmaLinux:8Package registry (OSV)
debian:linux6.1.82-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-rt0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-rt-core0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-rt-debug0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-rt-debug-core0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-rt-debug-devel0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-rt-debug-kvm0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-rt-debug-modules0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-rt-debuginfo0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::nfvPackage registry (OSV)

+3

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

All national notices →

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-667 · Improper Locking

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

References

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