CVE-2023-53639 PUBLISHED

wifi: ath6kl: reduce WARN to dev_dbg() in callback

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 07.10.2025 Published: 07.10.2025 Updated: 07.10.2025

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b to f2a429e6da37e32438a9adc250cc176a889c16a4 (excl.)
  • affected from de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b to e7865f84adaf75cee1a4bbf79680329eca92b4e1 (excl.)
  • affected from de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b to 0d1792c98351b7c8ebdc53d052918e77d1e512c3 (excl.)
  • affected from de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b to 1300517e371e4d0acdb0f1237477e1ed223c3a9a (excl.)
  • affected from de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b to 484d95c69fc1143f09e4c2e3b89019d68d190a92 (excl.)
  • affected from de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b to 644df7e865e76ab7a62c67c25cbbc093c944d0ef (excl.)
  • affected from de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b to 6f93154d61b345acbc405c6dee16afb845eb298e (excl.)
  • affected from de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b to cbec770521ebc455c9811a23222faf8911422d4a (excl.)
  • affected from de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b to 75c4a8154cb6c7239fb55d5550f481f6765fb83c (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.9 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.9 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 4.14.315 to 4.14.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 4.19.283 to 4.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.4.243 to 5.4.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.180 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.111 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.28 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.2.15 to 6.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.3.2 to 6.3.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.4 to * (incl.)

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