CVE-2023-47233

medium

Published 2023-11-03 · Modified 2026-05-12

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CVSS v3

4.3

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.3

Description

The brcm80211 component in the Linux kernel through 6.5.10 has a brcmf_cfg80211_detach use-after-free in the device unplugging (disconnect the USB by hotplug) code. For physically proximate attackers with local access, this "could be exploited in a real world scenario." This is related to brcmf_cfg80211_escan_timeout_worker in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

43%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`6.1.85-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`5.10.216-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.7.12-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.7.12-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.7.12-1`
linux-kernel		affected

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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