# drivers: staging: rtl8723bs: Fix locking in \_rtw_join_timeout_handler()

CVE record · `CVE-2023-53281`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2023-53281`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 5.5 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-667](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/667.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-667](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-667.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 16 Sept 2025
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 16 Sept 2025, 08:11 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `ae60744d5fad840b9d056d35b4b652d95e755846 to before 209850f17717a3b5cc558578bef5631ac7045539` (git)
  - affected: `041879b12ddb0c6c83ed9c0bdd10dc82a056f2fc to before 2a50e44a66d268ee5db3d177f1fdc1503dbce6e7` (git)
  - affected: `041879b12ddb0c6c83ed9c0bdd10dc82a056f2fc to before dc327e87c6d9bfd9ee08e76396b3c0ba848ec554` (git)
  - affected: `041879b12ddb0c6c83ed9c0bdd10dc82a056f2fc to before 4ab1bace1dd3875371b481ef4301c4671bddea22` (git)
  - affected: `041879b12ddb0c6c83ed9c0bdd10dc82a056f2fc to before 215792eda008f6a1e7ed9d77fa20d582d22bb114` (git)
  - affected: `1f6c99b94ca3caad346876b3e22e3ca3d25bc8ee` (git)
  - affected: `eca9748d9267a38d532464e3305a38629e9c35a9` (git)
  - affected: `5.15.47 to before 5.15.111` (semver)
  - affected: `5.17.15 to before 5.18` (semver)
  - affected: `5.18.4 to before 5.19` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.19`
  - unaffected: `before 5.19` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.111 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.28 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.2.15 to 6.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.3.2 to 6.3.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.4 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 5.5 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from ADP (CISA-ADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0012, the 1st percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 16 Sept 2025. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2023-53281](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53281)
- [NVD: CVE-2023-53281](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53281)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/209850f17717a3b5cc558578bef5631ac7045539>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a50e44a66d268ee5db3d177f1fdc1503dbce6e7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc327e87c6d9bfd9ee08e76396b3c0ba848ec554>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ab1bace1dd3875371b481ef4301c4671bddea22>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/215792eda008f6a1e7ed9d77fa20d582d22bb114>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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