CVE-2023-53639 (GCVE-0-2023-53639)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-07 15:19
Modified
2025-10-07 15:19
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath6kl: reduce WARN to dev_dbg() in callback The warn is triggered on a known race condition, documented in the code above the test, that is correctly handled. Using WARN() hinders automated testing. Reducing severity.
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Linux Linux Version: de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b
Version: de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b
Version: de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b
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Version: de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b
Version: de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b
Version: de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b
Version: de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b
Version: de2070fc4aa7c0205348010f500f5abce012e67b
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