wifi: ath10k: Fix memory leak in management tx (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.26 % · percentile 18 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath10k: Fix memory leak in management tx In the current logic, memory is allocated for storing the MSDU context during management packet TX but this memory is not being freed during management TX completion. Similar leaks are seen in the management TX cleanup logic. Kmemleak reports this problem as below, unreferenced object 0xffffff80b64ed250 (size 16): comm "kworker/u16:7", pid 148, jiffies 4294687130 (age 714.199s) hex dump (first 16 bytes): 00 2b d8 d8 80 ff ff ff c4 74 e9 fd 07 00 00 00 .+.......t...... backtrace: [<ffffffe6e7b245dc>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1e4/0x2d8 [<ffffffe6e7adde88>] kmalloc_trace+0x48/0x110 [<ffffffe6bbd765fc>] ath10k_wmi_tlv_op_gen_mgmt_tx_send+0xd4/0x1d8 [ath10k_core] [<ffffffe6bbd3eed4>] ath10k_mgmt_over_wmi_tx_work+0x134/0x298 [ath10k_core] [<ffffffe6e78d5974>] process_scheduled_works+0x1ac/0x400 [<ffffffe6e78d60b8>] worker_thread+0x208/0x328 [<ffffffe6e78dc890>] kthread+0x100/0x1c0 [<ffffffe6e78166c0>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Free the memory during completion and cleanup to fix the leak. Protect the mgmt_pending_tx idr_remove() operation in ath10k_wmi_tlv_op_cleanup_mgmt_tx_send() using ar->data_lock similar to other instances. Tested-on: WCN3990 hw1.0 SNOC WLAN.HL.2.0-01387-QCAHLSWMTPLZ-1
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eff818238bedb9c2484c251ec46f9f160911cdc0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fc9af3df6ca7f3c94774d20f62dc7b49616026d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4112450da7d67b59ccedc2208bae622db17dbcb8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/705be2dc45c7f852e211e16bc41a916fab741983
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cc23898e6ba47e976050d3c080b4d2c1add3748
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f5a939759c79e7385946c85e62feca51a18d816
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f6f1e26ac6d2b38e2198a71f81f0ade14d6b07b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e15d84b3bba187aa372dff7c58ce1fd5cb48a076
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-44738
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-50236
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0677 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0366 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0349 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0276 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0185 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0184 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0168 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0152 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0024 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0002 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-1102 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-1031 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.19 < 4.19.323cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.20 < 5.4.285cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.5 < 5.10.229cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.11 < 5.15.171cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.16 < 6.1.116cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.2 < 6.6.60cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.7 < 6.11.7cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected dc405152bb64d4ae01c9ac669de25b2d1fb6fc2d < eff818238bedb9c2484c251ec46f9f160911cdc0 ; affected dc405152bb64d4ae01c9ac669de25b2d1fb6fc2d < 6fc9af3df6ca7f3c94774d20f62dc7b49616026d ; affected dc405152bb64d4ae01c9ac669de25b2d1fb6fc2d < 4112450da7d67b59ccedc2208bae622db17dbcb8 ; affected dc405152bb64d4ae01c9ac669de25b2d1fb6fc2d < 705be2dc45c7f852e211e16bc41a916fab741983 ; affected dc405152bb64d4ae01c9ac669de25b2d1fb6fc2d < 6cc23898e6ba47e976050d3c080b4d2c1add3748 ; affected dc405152bb64d4ae01c9ac669de25b2d1fb6fc2d < 5f5a939759c79e7385946c85e62feca51a18d816 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 4.19 ; unaffected 0 < 4.19 ; unaffected 4.19.323 ≤ 4.19.* ; unaffected 5.4.285 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.229 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.171 ≤ 5.15.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |