CVE-2023-53639

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath6kl: reduce WARN to dev_dbg() in callback The warn is triggered on a known race condition, documented in the code above the test, that is correctly handled. Using WARN() hinders automated testing. Reducing severity.

References (9)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d1792c98351b7c8ebdc53d052918e77d1e512c3

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1300517e371e4d0acdb0f1237477e1ed223c3a9a

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/484d95c69fc1143f09e4c2e3b89019d68d190a92

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/644df7e865e76ab7a62c67c25cbbc093c944d0ef

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f93154d61b345acbc405c6dee16afb845eb298e

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75c4a8154cb6c7239fb55d5550f481f6765fb83c

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbec770521ebc455c9811a23222faf8911422d4a

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7865f84adaf75cee1a4bbf79680329eca92b4e1

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2a429e6da37e32438a9adc250cc176a889c16a4

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 1.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

Status published

Affected Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.14.315

Timeline

Published Oct 07, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026