CVE-2023-53715 Affecting kernel-debug-modules-partner package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELDEBUGMODULESPARTNER-13680478
  • published23 Oct 2025
  • disclosed22 Oct 2025

Introduced: 22 Oct 2025

NewCVE-2023-53715  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 kernel-debug-modules-partner.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-modules-partner package and not the kernel-debug-modules-partner package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: brcmfmac: cfg80211: Pass the PMK in binary instead of hex

Apparently the hex passphrase mechanism does not work on newer chips/firmware (e.g. BCM4387). It seems there was a simple way of passing it in binary all along, so use that and avoid the hexification.

OpenBSD has been doing it like this from the beginning, so this should work on all chips.

Also clear the structure before setting the PMK. This was leaking uninitialized stack contents to the device.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1