MEDIUM 4.3 Microsoft

CVE-2023-47233

The brcm80211 component in the Linux kernel through 6.5.10 has a brcmf_cfg80211_detach use-after-free in the device unplugging (disconnect the USB by hotplug) code. For physically proximate attackers with local access this "could be exploited in a real world scenario." This is related to brcmf_cfg80211_escan_timeout_worker in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c.

Microsoft Security Update 2023-Nov: The brcm80211 component in the Linux kernel through 6.5.10 has a brcmf_cfg80211_detach use-after-free in the device unplugging (disconnect the USB by hotplug) code. For physically proximate attackers with local access this "could be exploited in a real world scenario." This is related to brcmf_cfg80211_escan_timeout_worker in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c.

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Published: 2023-11-14 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-09-03
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3 was published on 2023-11-14 via Microsoft. Affected: cbl2 kernel 5.15.158.2-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0.
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