In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mwifiex: Fix OOB and integer underflow when rx packets Make sure mwifiex_process_mgmt_packet, mwifiex_process_sta_rx_packet and mwifiex_process_uap_rx_packet, mwifiex_uap_queue_bridged_pkt and mwifiex_process_rx_packet not out-of-bounds access the skb->data buffer.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00017.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

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Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11958528161731c58e105b501ed60b83a91ea941 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29eca8b7863d1d7de6c5b746b374e3487d14f154 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3975e21d4d01efaf0296ded40d11c06589c49245 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fe3923d092e22d87d1ed03e2729db444b8c1331 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/650d1bc02fba7b42f476d8b6643324abac5921ed cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c54b6fc39eb1aac51cf2945f8a25e2a47fdca02 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8824aa4ab62c800f75d96f48e1883a5f56ec5869 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7300e3800e9fd5405e88ce67709c1a97783b9c8 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f517c97fc129995de77dd06aa5a74f909ebf568f cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091513-CVE-2023-53226-a44a@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53226 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53226 cve-icon
History

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-191
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mwifiex: Fix OOB and integer underflow when rx packets Make sure mwifiex_process_mgmt_packet, mwifiex_process_sta_rx_packet and mwifiex_process_uap_rx_packet, mwifiex_uap_queue_bridged_pkt and mwifiex_process_rx_packet not out-of-bounds access the skb->data buffer.
Title wifi: mwifiex: Fix OOB and integer underflow when rx packets
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-14T17:52:59.853Z

Reserved: 2025-09-15T14:19:21.846Z

Link: CVE-2023-53226

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-14T17:51:12.156Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-09-15T15:15:49.480

Modified: 2026-01-14T18:16:33.177

Link: CVE-2023-53226

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53226 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-09-17T10:07:32Z