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CVE-2023-53639wifi: ath6kl: reduce WARN to dev_dbg() in callback
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.16%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 94% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
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By Linux
Published
- 13 months later
· 13 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.16% · top 94% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b – < f2a429e6da37e32438a9adc250cc176a889c16a4
- affected de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b – < e7865f84adaf75cee1a4bbf79680329eca92b4e1
- affected de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b – < 0d1792c98351b7c8ebdc53d052918e77d1e512c3
- affected de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b – < 1300517e371e4d0acdb0f1237477e1ed223c3a9a
- affected de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b – < 484d95c69fc1143f09e4c2e3b89019d68d190a92
- affected de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b – < 644df7e865e76ab7a62c67c25cbbc093c944d0ef
- affected de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b – < 6f93154d61b345acbc405c6dee16afb845eb298e
- affected de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b – < cbec770521ebc455c9811a23222faf8911422d4a
- affected de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b – < 75c4a8154cb6c7239fb55d5550f481f6765fb83c
- affected 3.9
- unaffected < 3.9
- unaffected 4.14.315 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 4.19.283 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.243 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.180 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.111 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.28 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.2.15 – ≤ 6.2.*
- unaffected 6.3.2 – ≤ 6.3.*
- unaffected 6.4 – ≤ *
References
References9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2a429e6da37e32438a9adc250cc176a889c16a4 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7865f84adaf75cee1a4bbf79680329eca92b4e1 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d1792c98351b7c8ebdc53d052918e77d1e512c3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1300517e371e4d0acdb0f1237477e1ed223c3a9a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/484d95c69fc1143f09e4c2e3b89019d68d190a92 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/644df7e865e76ab7a62c67c25cbbc093c944d0ef (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f93154d61b345acbc405c6dee16afb845eb298e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbec770521ebc455c9811a23222faf8911422d4a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75c4a8154cb6c7239fb55d5550f481f6765fb83c (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-31959 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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