🛡️ CVE-2023-23559 — debian-linux

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-190 NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
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Description

In rndis_query_oid in drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c in the Linux kernel through 6.1.5, there is an integer overflow in an addition.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-23559 is classified as CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Arithmetic produces a value too large for its type and wraps around, so a later size or bounds check passes when it should not.

Affected software

CVE-2023-23559 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • debian-linux
  • hci-baseboard-management-controller
  • linux-kernel (from 5.16 up to 6.1.9)

Timeline and source

Published on 13 January 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org
lists.debian.org
lists.debian.org
patchwork.kernel.org
security.netapp.com
git.kernel.org
lists.debian.org
lists.debian.org
patchwork.kernel.org
security.netapp.com

CVE-2023-23559 on other distributions

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Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-190
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-01-13
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
debian-linux
hci-baseboard-management-controller
linux-kernel 5.16 6.1.9

References

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