PT-2025-41083 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Published 2023-02-27 · Updated 2025-12-04 · CVE-2023-53639

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A change was made to reduce the severity of a warning message in the ath6kl module related to Wi-Fi functionality. The warning was triggered by a known race condition that is already handled correctly by the code. Using the WARN() macro was hindering automated testing, so it was reduced to dev dbg().

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-03831

CVE-2023-53639

RHSA-2023:6583

RHSA-2023:7077

SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1

SUSE-SU-2025:4139-1

SUSE-SU-2025:4149-1

SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1

Affected Products

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

Ath6Kl

References · 463

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53639.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53639 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53639 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:4149-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:4139-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-53639 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53639 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53639 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53639 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53639 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2023-53639 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-03831 · Security Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53675 · Note