CVE-2023-53281
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2023
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
drivers: staging: rtl8723bs: Fix locking in _rtw_join_timeout_handler()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: staging: rtl8723bs: Fix locking in _rtw_join_timeout_handler() Commit 041879b12ddb ("drivers: staging: rtl8192bs: Fix deadlock in rtw_joinbss_event_prehandle()") besides fixing the deadlock also modified _rtw_join_timeout_handler() to use spin_[un]lock_irq() instead of spin_[un]lock_bh(). _rtw_join_timeout_handler() calls rtw_do_join() which takes pmlmepriv->scanned_queue.lock using spin_[un]lock_bh(). This spin_unlock_bh() call re-enables softirqs which triggers an oops in kernel/softirq.c: __local_bh_enable_ip() when it calls lockdep_assert_irqs_enabled(): [ 244.506087] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 0 at kernel/softirq.c:376 __local_bh_enable_ip+0xa6/0x100 ... [ 244.509022] Call Trace: [ 244.509048] <IRQ> [ 244.509100] _rtw_join_timeout_handler+0x134/0x170 [r8723bs] [ 244.509468] ? __pfx__rtw_join_timeout_handler+0x10/0x10 [r8723bs] [ 244.509772] ? __pfx__rtw_join_timeout_handler+0x10/0x10 [r8723bs] [ 244.510076] call_timer_fn+0x95/0x2a0 [ 244.510200] __run_timers.part.0+0x1da/0x2d0 This oops is causd by the switch to spin_[un]lock_irq() which disables the IRQs for the entire duration of _rtw_join_timeout_handler(). Disabling the IRQs is not necessary since all code taking this lock runs from either user contexts or from softirqs, switch back to spin_[un]lock_bh() to fix this.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ae60744d5fad840b9d056d35b4b652d95e755846 | affected | git | 209850f17717a3b5cc558578bef5631ac7045539 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 041879b12ddb0c6c83ed9c0bdd10dc82a056f2fc | affected | git | 2a50e44a66d268ee5db3d177f1fdc1503dbce6e7 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 041879b12ddb0c6c83ed9c0bdd10dc82a056f2fc | affected | git | dc327e87c6d9bfd9ee08e76396b3c0ba848ec554 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 041879b12ddb0c6c83ed9c0bdd10dc82a056f2fc | affected | git | 4ab1bace1dd3875371b481ef4301c4671bddea22 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 041879b12ddb0c6c83ed9c0bdd10dc82a056f2fc | affected | git | 215792eda008f6a1e7ed9d77fa20d582d22bb114 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1f6c99b94ca3caad346876b3e22e3ca3d25bc8ee | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| eca9748d9267a38d532464e3305a38629e9c35a9 | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.15.47 | affected | semver | 5.15.111 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.17.15 | affected | semver | 5.18 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.18.4 | affected | semver | 5.19 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.19 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 5.19 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.15.111 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.28 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.2.15 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.2.* | None listed |
| 6.3.2 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.3.* | None listed |
| 6.4 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |