# CVE-2023-54071: linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: use work to update rate to avoid RC... CVE-2023-54071 is fixed in 63 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2023:6583, released November 7, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54071 - Priority: High - CVSS: 8.8 (high) - EPSS: 0.0027 - CISA KEV: not listed - Exploited (vendor report): no - Publicly disclosed: no - Published: Nov 7, 2023 ## Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: use work to update rate to avoid RCU warning The ieee80211_ops::sta_rc_update must be atomic, because ieee80211_chan_bw_change() holds rcu_read lock while calling drv_sta_rc_update(), so create a work to do original things. Voluntary context switch within RCU read-side critical section! WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4621 at kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:318 rcu_note_context_switch+0x571/0x5d0 CPU: 0 PID: 4621 Comm: kworker/u16:2 Tainted: G W OE Workqueue: phy3 ieee80211_chswitch_work [mac80211] RIP: 0010:rcu_note_context_switch+0x571/0x5d0 Call Trace: __schedule+0xb0/0x1460 ? __mod_timer+0x116/0x360 schedule+0x5a/0xc0 schedule_timeout+0x87/0x150 ? trace_raw_output_tick_stop+0x60/0x60 wait_for_completion_timeout+0x7b/0x140 usb_start_wait_urb+0x82/0x160 [usbcore usb_control_msg+0xe3/0x140 [usbcore rtw_usb_read+0x88/0xe0 [rtw_usb rtw_usb_read8+0xf/0x10 [rtw_usb rtw_fw_send_h2c_command+0xa0/0x170 [rtw_core rtw_fw_send_ra_info+0xc9/0xf0 [rtw_core drv_sta_rc_update+0x7c/0x160 [mac80211 ieee80211_chan_bw_change+0xfb/0x110 [mac80211 ieee80211_change_chanctx+0x38/0x130 [mac80211 ieee80211_vif_use_reserved_switch+0x34e/0x900 [mac80211 ieee80211_link_use_reserved_context+0x88/0xe0 [mac80211 ieee80211_chswitch_work+0x95/0x170 [mac80211 process_one_work+0x201/0x410 worker_thread+0x4a/0x3b0 ? process_one_work+0x410/0x410 kthread+0xe1/0x110 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 ## Where it's fixed | Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released | |---|---|---|---|---| | Linux | bpftool RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | bpftool RHEL 9 | 0:7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-64k RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-64k-core RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-64k-debug RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-64k-debug-core RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-64k-debug-devel RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-64k-debug-modules RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-64k-debug-modules-core RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-64k-devel RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-64k-devel-matched RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-64k-modules RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-64k-modules-core RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-64k-modules-extra RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-abi-stablelists RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-abi-stablelists RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-core RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-core RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-debug RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-debug RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-debug-core RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-debug-core RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-debug-devel RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-debug-devel RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-debug-devel-matched RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-debug-modules RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-debug-modules RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-debug-modules-core RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-debug-modules-extra RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-debug-modules-extra RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-debug-uki-virt RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-devel RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-devel RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-devel-matched RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-doc RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-doc RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-modules RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-modules RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-modules-core RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-modules-extra RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-modules-extra RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-rt RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-rt-core RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-rt-debug RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-rt-debug-core RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-rt-debug-devel RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-rt-debug-kvm RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-rt-debug-modules RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-rt-debug-modules-core RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-rt-devel RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-rt-kvm RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-rt-modules RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-rt-modules-core RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-rt-modules-extra RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-tools RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-tools RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-tools-libs RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-tools-libs RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-tools-libs-devel RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-tools-libs-devel RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-uki-virt RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump-core RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump-core RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump-devel RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump-devel RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump-modules RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump-modules RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | libperf RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | linux Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 6.1.37-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54071](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2023-54071.md) | Dec 24, 2025 | | Linux | linux Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.3.7-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54071](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2023-54071.md) | Dec 24, 2025 | | Linux | linux Debian 14 | 6.3.7-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54071](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2023-54071.md) | Dec 24, 2025 | | Linux | perf RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | perf RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | python3-perf RHEL 8 | 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 | [RHSA-2023:7077](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-7077.md) | Nov 14, 2023 | | Linux | python3-perf RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | rtla RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | | Linux | rv RHEL 9 | 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | [RHSA-2023:6583](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-6583.md) | Nov 7, 2023 | --- Data as of 2026-11-08T00:53:09Z UTC. 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