# CVE-2023-52800: wifi: ath11k: fix htt pktlog locking

- Severity: CVSS 4.4 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-21 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: fix htt pktlog locking The ath11k active pdevs are protected by RCU but the htt pktlog handling code calling ath11k_mac_get_ar_by_pdev_id() was not marked as a read-side critical section. Mark the code in question as an RCU read-side critical section to avoid any potential use-after-free issues. Compile tested only.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

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

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