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High severity Unreviewed Published Dec 27, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 8, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

wifi: ath12k: fix use-after-free in ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup()

During ath12k module removal, in ath12k_core_deinit(),
ath12k_mac_destroy() un-registers ah->hw from mac80211 and frees
the ah->hw as well as all the ar's in it. After this
ath12k_core_soc_destroy()-> ath12k_dp_free()-> ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup()
tries to access one of the freed ar's from pending skb.

This is because during mac destroy, driver failed to flush few
data packets, which were accessed later in ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup()
and freed, but using ar from the packet led to this use-after-free.

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup.part.0+0x5e2/0xd40 [ath12k]
Write of size 4 at addr ffff888150bd3514 by task modprobe/8926
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 8926 Comm: modprobe Not tainted
6.11.0-rc2-wt-ath+ #1746
Hardware name: Intel(R) Client Systems NUC8i7HVK/NUC8i7HVB, BIOS
HNKBLi70.86A.0067.2021.0528.1339 05/28/2021

Call Trace:

dump_stack_lvl+0x7d/0xe0
print_address_description.constprop.0+0x33/0x3a0
print_report+0xb5/0x260
? kasan_addr_to_slab+0x24/0x80
kasan_report+0xd8/0x110
? ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup.part.0+0x5e2/0xd40 [ath12k]
? ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup.part.0+0x5e2/0xd40 [ath12k]
kasan_check_range+0xf3/0x1a0
__kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20
ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup.part.0+0x5e2/0xd40 [ath12k]
ath12k_dp_free+0x178/0x420 [ath12k]
ath12k_core_stop+0x176/0x200 [ath12k]
ath12k_core_deinit+0x13f/0x210 [ath12k]
ath12k_pci_remove+0xad/0x1c0 [ath12k]
pci_device_remove+0x9b/0x1b0
device_remove+0xbf/0x150
device_release_driver_internal+0x3c3/0x580
? __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x20
driver_detach+0xc4/0x190
bus_remove_driver+0x130/0x2a0
driver_unregister+0x68/0x90
pci_unregister_driver+0x24/0x240
? find_module_all+0x13e/0x1e0
ath12k_pci_exit+0x10/0x20 [ath12k]
__do_sys_delete_module+0x32c/0x580
? module_flags+0x2f0/0x2f0
? kmem_cache_free+0xf0/0x410
? __fput+0x56f/0xab0
? __fput+0x56f/0xab0
? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20
__x64_sys_delete_module+0x4f/0x70
x64_sys_call+0x522/0x9f0
do_syscall_64+0x64/0x130
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
RIP: 0033:0x7f8182c6ac8b

Commit 24de1b7b231c ("wifi: ath12k: fix flush failure in recovery
scenarios") added the change to decrement the pending packets count
in case of recovery which make sense as ah->hw as well all
ar's in it are intact during recovery, but during core deinit there
is no use in decrementing packets count or waking up the empty waitq
as the module is going to be removed also ar's from pending skb's
can't be used and the packets should just be released back.

To fix this, avoid accessing ar from skb->cb when driver is being
unregistered.

Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.1.1-00214-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0.c5-00481-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 27, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 27, 2024
Last updated Jan 8, 2025

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-56541

GHSA ID

GHSA-j2rf-6gjq-cpq6

Source code

No known source code

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