wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: fix memory leak of remain_skbs (Linux Linux)

CVE-2023-53641
MEDIUM 5.5

En bref

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.16 % · centile 5 ()
État
PUBLISHED
Publiée
Mise à jour
Attribuée par
Linux
Statut NVD
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: fix memory leak of remain_skbs hif_dev->remain_skb is allocated and used exclusively in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream(). It is implied that an allocated remain_skb is processed and subsequently freed (in error paths) only during the next call of ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream(). So, if the urbs are deallocated between those two calls due to the device deinitialization or suspend, it is possible that ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() is not called next time and the allocated remain_skb is leaked. Our local Syzkaller instance was able to trigger that. remain_skb makes sense when receiving two consecutive urbs which are logically linked together, i.e. a specific data field from the first skb indicates a cached skb to be allocated, memcpy'd with some data and subsequently processed in the next call to ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream(). Urbs deallocation supposedly makes that link irrelevant so we need to free the cached skb in those cases. Fix the leak by introducing a function to explicitly free remain_skb (if it is not NULL) when the rx urbs have been deallocated. remain_skb is NULL when it has not been allocated at all (hif_dev struct is kzalloced) or when it has been processed in next call to ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream(). Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

Faiblesses (CWE)

  • CWE-401 — Mémoire non libérée après sa durée de vie utile

Références

Scores

VersionScoreVecteurÉvalué par
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Références européennes

Avis du CERT-FR

Configurations affectées (CPE NVD)

Produits affectés

ProduitVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 < 6719e3797ec52cd144c8a5ba8aaab36674800585 ; affected fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 < d9899318660791141ea6002fda5577b2c5d7386e ; affected fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 < 320d760a35273aa815d58b57e4fd9ba5279a3489 ; affected fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 < 59073060fe0950c6ecbe12bdc06469dcac62128d ; affected fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 < 9b9356a3014123f0ce4b50d9278c1265173150ab ; affected fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 < f0931fc8f4b6847c72e170d2326861c0a081d680
Linux · Linuxaffected 2.6.35 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.35 ; unaffected 4.19.283 ≤ 4.19.* ; unaffected 5.4.243 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.180 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.111 ≤ 5.15.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD