Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2025· Updated Jan 14, 2026
wifi: mac80211_hwsim: drop short frames
CVE-2023-53321
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211_hwsim: drop short frames
While technically some control frames like ACK are shorter and end after Address 1, such frames shouldn't be forwarded through wmediumd or similar userspace, so require the full 3-address header to avoid accessing invalid memory if shorter frames are passed in.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 5.4
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3beb97bed860d95b14ad23578ce8ddaea62023dbmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/672205c6f2d11978fcd7f0f336bb2c708e28874bmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/89a41ed7f21476301659ebd25ccb48a60791c1a7mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9a175e3b250b0dc6e152988040aa5014e98e61emitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c64ee9dd335832d5e2ab0a8fc83a34ad4c729799mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fba360a047d5eeeb9d4b7c3a9b1c8308980ce9a6mitre
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