CVE-2023-53452

MEDIUMNVD 4.74.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 4.7 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2025-10-01. NVD baseline CVSS 4.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
4.7
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 4.7Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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

wifi: rtw89: fix potential race condition between napi_init and napi_enable

A race condition can happen if netdev is registered, but NAPI isn't initialized yet, and meanwhile user space starts the netdev that will enable NAPI. Then, it hits BUG_ON():

kernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:6423! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 0 PID: 417 Comm: iwd Not tainted 6.2.7-slab-dirty #3 eb0f5a8a9d91 Hardware name: LENOVO 21DL/LNVNB161216, BIOS JPCN20WW(V1.06) 09/20/2022 RIP: 0010:napi_enable+0x3f/0x50 Code: 48 89 c2 48 83 e2 f6 f6 81 89 08 00 00 02 74 0d 48 83 ... RSP: 0018:ffffada1414f3548 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffa01425802080 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 00000000000002ff RSI: ffffada14e50c614 RDI: ffffa01425808dc0 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000100 R12: ffffa01425808f58 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffa01423498940 R15: 0000000000000001 FS: 00007f5577c0a740(0000) GS:ffffa0169fc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f5577a19972 CR3: 0000000125a7a000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: rtw89_pci_ops_start+0x1c/0x70 [rtw89_pci 6cbc75429515c181cbc386478d5cfb32ffc5a0f8] rtw89_core_start+0xbe/0x160 [rtw89_core fe07ecb874820b6d778370d4acb6ef8a37847f22] rtw89_ops_start+0x26/0x40 [rtw89_core fe07ecb874820b6d778370d4acb6ef8a37847f22] drv_start+0x42/0x100 [mac80211 c07fa22af8c3cf3f7d7ab3884ca990784d72e2d2] ieee80211_do_open+0x311/0x7d0 [mac80211 c07fa22af8c3cf3f7d7ab3884ca990784d72e2d2] ieee80211_open+0x6a/0x90 [mac80211 c07fa22af8c3cf3f7d7ab3884ca990784d72e2d2] __dev_open+0xe0/0x180 __dev_change_flags+0x1da/0x250 dev_change_flags+0x26/0x70 do_setlink+0x37c/0x12c0 ? ep_poll_callback+0x246/0x290 ? __nla_validate_parse+0x61/0xd00 ? __wake_up_common_lock+0x8f/0xd0

To fix this, follow Jonas' suggestion to switch the order of these functions and move register netdev to be the last step of PCI probe. Also, correct the error handling of rtw89_core_register_hw().

CVSS v3
4.7
EG Score
4.7(medium)
EG Risk
26(Track)
EG Risk 26/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity47% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
1.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

October 1, 2025

Last Modified

January 16, 2026

References (4)

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
linuxKernel @ 6.1.28—osv

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Weakness Classification(1)

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-53452?
CVE-2023-53452 is a medium vulnerability published on October 1, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: fix potential race condition between napiinit and napienable A race condition can happen if netdev is registered, but NAPI isn't initialized yet, and meanwhile user space starts the netdev that will enable NAPI. Then,…
When was CVE-2023-53452 disclosed?
CVE-2023-53452 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 1, 2025, with the most recent update on January 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2023-53452 actively exploited?
CVE-2023-53452 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-53452?
CVE-2023-53452 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2023-53452?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-53452, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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