Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2023-52800

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-52800 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ath11k Wi-Fi driver, specifically affecting the handling of htt pktlog locking. This flaw could lead to a denial of service (DoS) if exploited by a highly privileged local attacker. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium) due to its local attack vector and high privileges required, with a potential impact of high availability loss. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit codes in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, indicating low current attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.6, < 5.10.202CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.140CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.64CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.5.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.6, < 6.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
13.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0023 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-52800Low

kernel: wifi: ath11k: fix htt pktlog locking

May 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/03ed26935bebf6b6fd8a656490bf3dcc71b72679
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3a51e6b4da71fdfa43ec006d6abc020f3e22d14e
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3f77c7d605b29df277d77e9ee75d96e7ad145d2d
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/423762f021825b5e57c3d6f01ff96a9ff19cdcd8
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/69cede2a5a5f60e3f5602b901b52cb64edd2ea6c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e3199b3fac65c9f103055390b6fd07c5cffa5961
Patch