MediumCVE-2023-52644

    Linux Kernel: security vulnerability (CVE-2023-52644)

    Published Sources: Debian, BSI, EUVD, CVE.org

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    What is affected, what to do

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: b43: Stop/wake correct queue in DMA Tx path when QoS is disabled When QoS is disabled, the queue priority value will not map to the correct ieee80211 queue since there is only one queue. Stop/wake queue 0 when QoS is disabled to prevent trying to stop/wake a non-existent queue and failing to stop/wake the actual queue instantiated.

    Update Linux Kernel to version 4.19.311, Linux Kernel to version 5.4.273, Linux Kernel to version 5.10.214.

    Affected
    • Linux Kernel lt 2.6.26..4.19.311
    • Linux Kernel lt 4.20..5.4.273
    • Linux Kernel lt 5.5..5.10.214
    • Linux Kernel lt 5.11..5.15.153
    • Linux Kernel lt 5.16..6.1.83
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.2..6.6.23
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.7..6.7.11
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.8..6.8.2
    Fixed in
    • Linux Kernel 4.19.311
    • Linux Kernel 5.4.273
    • Linux Kernel 5.10.214
    • Linux Kernel 5.15.153
    • Linux Kernel 6.1.83
    • Linux Kernel 6.6.23
    • Linux Kernel 6.7.11
    • Linux Kernel 6.8.2
    • Linux Kernel 6.9

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    Metrics

    6.3

    XIEM Effective CVSS

    Highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.

    Source: NVD, CVSS v3

    6.3

    CVSS v3

    Severity Medium on the scale from 0 to 10.

    Source: Debian, BSI, EUVD, CVE.org

    0.2 %

    EPSS score

    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.

    Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 14.2

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    Severity
    Medium
    Priority (0–325)

    The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?

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    37.96 Methodology
    Exploit maturity

    An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.

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    no public PoC known
    XIEM Effective CVSS

    XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.

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    6.3 Methodology
    CVSS v3

    CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.

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    6.3
    EPSS score

    The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.

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    0.2 %
    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
    EPSS percentile

    The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.

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    14.2
    Elevated — this CVE ranks above at least 10% of all CVEs scored today.
    KEV status

    The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.

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    —
    Published
    CISA assessment (SSVC)
    Exploitation: none known · not automatable · Technical impact: partial
    Source: CISA Vulnrichment, as of 10 September 2024

    Detection rules

    No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.

    Classification under NIS2 and CRA

    Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.

    NIS2

    NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.

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    Handle the vulnerability in regular vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2.
    CRA

    The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.

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    From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
    ISO/IEC 27001

    ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.

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    Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.

    Description

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: b43: Stop/wake correct queue in DMA Tx path when QoS is disabled When QoS is disabled, the queue priority value will not map to the correct ieee80211 queue since there is only one queue. Stop/wake queue 0 when QoS is disabled to prevent trying to stop/wake a non-existent queue and failing to stop/wake the actual queue instantiated. Log of issue before change (with kernel parameter qos=0): [ +5.112651] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ +0.000005] WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 25513 at net/mac80211/util.c:449 __ieee80211_wake_queue+0xd5/0x180 [mac80211] [ +0.000067] Modules linked in: b43(O) snd_seq_dummy snd_hrtimer snd_seq snd_seq_device nft_chain_nat xt_MASQUERADE nf_nat xfrm_user xfrm_algo xt_addrtype overlay ccm af_packet amdgpu snd_hda_codec_cirrus snd_hda_codec_generic ledtrig_audio drm_exec amdxcp gpu_sched xt_conntrack nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip6t_rpfilter ipt_rpfilter xt_pkttype xt_LOG nf_log_syslog xt_tcpudp nft_compat nf_tables nfnetlink sch_fq_codel btusb uinput iTCO_wdt ctr btrtl intel_pmc_bxt i915 intel_rapl_msr mei_hdcp mei_pxp joydev at24 watchdog btintel atkbd libps2 serio radeon btbcm vivaldi_fmap btmtk intel_rapl_common snd_hda_codec_hdmi bluetooth uvcvideo nls_iso8859_1 applesmc nls_cp437 x86_pkg_temp_thermal snd_hda_intel intel_powerclamp vfat videobuf2_vmalloc coretemp fat snd_intel_dspcfg crc32_pclmul uvc polyval_clmulni snd_intel_sdw_acpi loop videobuf2_memops snd_hda_codec tun drm_suballoc_helper polyval_generic drm_ttm_helper drm_buddy tap ecdh_generic videobuf2_v4l2 gf128mul macvlan ttm ghash_clmulni_intel ecc tg3 [ +0.000044] videodev bridge snd_hda_core rapl crc16 drm_display_helper cec mousedev snd_hwdep evdev intel_cstate bcm5974 hid_appleir videobuf2_common stp mac_hid libphy snd_pcm drm_kms_helper acpi_als mei_me intel_uncore llc mc snd_timer intel_gtt industrialio_triggered_buffer apple_mfi_fastcharge i2c_i801 mei snd lpc_ich agpgart ptp i2c_smbus thunderbolt apple_gmux i2c_algo_bit kfifo_buf video industrialio soundcore pps_core wmi tiny_power_button sbs sbshc button ac cordic bcma mac80211 cfg80211 ssb rfkill libarc4 kvm_intel kvm drm irqbypass fuse backlight firmware_class efi_pstore configfs efivarfs dmi_sysfs ip_tables x_tables autofs4 dm_crypt cbc encrypted_keys trusted asn1_encoder tee tpm rng_core input_leds hid_apple led_class hid_generic usbhid hid sd_mod t10_pi crc64_rocksoft crc64 crc_t10dif crct10dif_generic ahci libahci libata uhci_hcd ehci_pci ehci_hcd crct10dif_pclmul crct10dif_common sha512_ssse3 sha512_generic sha256_ssse3 sha1_ssse3 aesni_intel usbcore scsi_mod libaes crypto_simd cryptd scsi_common [ +0.000055] usb_common rtc_cmos btrfs blake2b_generic libcrc32c crc32c_generic crc32c_intel xor raid6_pq dm_snapshot dm_bufio dm_mod dax [last unloaded: b43(O)] [ +0.000009] CPU: 7 PID: 25513 Comm: irq/17-b43 Tainted: G W O 6.6.7 #1-NixOS [ +0.000003] Hardware name: Apple Inc. MacBookPro8,3/Mac-942459F5819B171B, BIOS 87.0.0.0.0 06/13/2019 [ +0.000001] RIP: 0010:__ieee80211_wake_queue+0xd5/0x180 [mac80211] [ +0.000046] Code: 00 45 85 e4 0f 85 9b 00 00 00 48 8d bd 40 09 00 00 f0 48 0f ba ad 48 09 00 00 00 72 0f 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e e9 cb 6d 3c d0 <0f> 0b 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e c3 cc cc cc cc 48 8d b4 16 94 00 00 [ +0.000002] RSP: 0018:ffffc90003c77d60 EFLAGS: 00010097 [ +0.000001] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ +0.000001] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: ffff88820b924900 [ +0.000002] RBP: ffff88820b924900 R08: ffffc90003c77d90 R09: 000000000003bfd0 [ +0.000001] R10: ffff88820b924900 R11: ffffc90003c77c68 R12: 0000000000000000 [ +0.000001] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffc90003c77d90 R15: ffffffffc0fa6f40 [ +0.000001] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88846fb80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ +0.000001] CS: 0010 DS: 0 ---truncated---

    Source: Debian Security Advisories, BSI CSAF, BSI WID Portal, ENISA EUVD, NVD (NIST), cvelistv5

    Affected products

    The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.

    Affected products
    Affected versionsFixed in
    LinuxLinux
    • 6.8 – < 6.8.2
    • 5.11 – < 5.15.153
    • 5.16 – < 6.1.83
    • —
    • 5.5 – < 5.10.214
    • 6.2 – < 6.6.23
    • 6.7 – < 6.7.11
    • 4.20 – < 5.4.273
    • 2.6.26 – < 4.19.311
    • 6.8.2
    • 5.15.153
    • 6.1.83
    • 6.9
    • 5.10.214
    • 6.6.23
    • 6.7.11
    • 5.4.273
    • 4.19.311

    Vendors and products

    Affected operating systems

    Affected operating systems
    Linuxdebiandebian_linux10.0
    Linuxdebianlinuxbullseye
    Linuxlinuxlinux_kernel—

    References & sources

    • git.kernel.orgstable/c/1824f942527f784a19e01eac2d9679a21623d010euvd, Patch
    • git.kernel.orgstable/c/31aaf17200c336fe258b70d39c40645ae19d0240euvd, Patch
    • git.kernel.orgstable/c/49f067726ab01c87cf57566797a8a719badbbf08euvd, Patch
    • git.kernel.orgstable/c/04a2b6eff2ae1c19cb7f41e803bcbfaf94c06455euvd, Patch
    • git.kernel.orgstable/c/c67698325c68f8768db858f5c87c34823421746deuvd, Patch
    • git.kernel.orgstable/c/bc845e2e42cae95172c04bf29807c480f51a2a83euvd, Patch
    • git.kernel.orgstable/c/4049a9f80513a6739c5677736a4c88f96df1b436euvd, Patch
    • git.kernel.orgstable/c/f1cf77bb870046a6111a604f7f7fe83d1c8c9610euvd, Patch
    • git.kernel.orgstable/c/9636951e4468f02c72cc75a82dc65d003077edbceuvd, Patch
    • lists.debian.orgdebian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.htmlx_transferred, Mailing list
    • lists.debian.orgdebian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.htmlx_transferred, Mailing list
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