wifi: brcmfmac: fix NULL pointer dereference in brcmf_txfinalize() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2025-21744
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.25 % · percentile 17 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: fix NULL pointer dereference in brcmf_txfinalize() On removal of the device or unloading of the kernel module a potential NULL pointer dereference occurs. The following sequence deletes the interface: brcmf_detach() brcmf_remove_interface() brcmf_del_if() Inside the brcmf_del_if() function the drvr->if2bss[ifidx] is updated to BRCMF_BSSIDX_INVALID (-1) if the bsscfgidx matches. After brcmf_remove_interface() call the brcmf_proto_detach() function is called providing the following sequence: brcmf_detach() brcmf_proto_detach() brcmf_proto_msgbuf_detach() brcmf_flowring_detach() brcmf_msgbuf_delete_flowring() brcmf_msgbuf_remove_flowring() brcmf_flowring_delete() brcmf_get_ifp() brcmf_txfinalize() Since brcmf_get_ip() can and actually will return NULL in this case the call to brcmf_txfinalize() will result in a NULL pointer dereference inside brcmf_txfinalize() when trying to update ifp->ndev->stats.tx_errors. This will only happen if a flowring still has an skb. Although the NULL pointer dereference has only been seen when trying to update the tx statistic, all other uses of the ifp pointer have been guarded as well with an early return if ifp is NULL.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
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)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 7f00ee2bbc630900ba16fc2690473f3e2db0e264 < 2326e19190e176fd72bb542b837a9d2b7fcb8693 ; affected 7f00ee2bbc630900ba16fc2690473f3e2db0e264 < 59ff4fa653ff6db07c61152516ffba79c2a74bda ; affected 7f00ee2bbc630900ba16fc2690473f3e2db0e264 < 61541d9b5a23df33934fcc620a3a81f246b1b240 ; affected 7f00ee2bbc630900ba16fc2690473f3e2db0e264 < 4e51d6d093e763348916e69d06d87e0a5593661b ; affected 7f00ee2bbc630900ba16fc2690473f3e2db0e264 < 3877fc67bd3d5566cc12763bce39710ceb74a97d ; affected 7f00ee2bbc630900ba16fc2690473f3e2db0e264 < fbbfef2a5b858eab55741a58b2ac9a0cc8d53c58
Linux · Linuxaffected 4.9 ; unaffected 0 < 4.9 ; unaffected 5.4.291 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.235 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.179 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.129 ≤ 6.1.*

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