wifi: ath9k: avoid referencing uninit memory in ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx (Linux Linux)

CVE-2023-54300
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At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.23 % · percentile 14 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Deferred

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: avoid referencing uninit memory in ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx For the reasons also described in commit b383e8abed41 ("wifi: ath9k: avoid uninit memory read in ath9k_htc_rx_msg()"), ath9k_htc_rx_msg() should validate pkt_len before accessing the SKB. For example, the obtained SKB may have been badly constructed with pkt_len = 8. In this case, the SKB can only contain a valid htc_frame_hdr but after being processed in ath9k_htc_rx_msg() and passed to ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx() endpoint RX handler, it is expected to have a WMI command header which should be located inside its data payload. Implement sanity checking inside ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx(). Otherwise, uninit memory can be referenced. Tested on Qualcomm Atheros Communications AR9271 802.11n . Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

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Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 < 0bc12e41af4e3ae1f0efecc377f0514459df0707 ; affected fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 < 28259ce4f1f1f9ab37fa817756c89098213d2fc0 ; affected fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 < 90e3c10177573b8662ac9858abd9bf731d5d98e0 ; affected fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 < 250efb4d3f5b32a115ea6bf25437ba44a1b3c04f ; affected fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 < ad5425e70789c29b93acafb5bb4629e4eb908296 ; affected fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 < d1c2ff2bd84c3692c9df267a2b991ce92bfca8ef
Linux · Linuxaffected 2.6.35 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.35 ; unaffected 4.14.322 ≤ 4.14.* ; unaffected 4.19.291 ≤ 4.19.* ; unaffected 5.4.251 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.188 ≤ 5.10.*

Sources

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