wifi: mwifiex: Detach sync cmd buffer on interrupted wait (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.13 % · percentile 3 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mwifiex: Detach sync cmd buffer on interrupted wait mwifiex synchronous commands keep the caller-provided data buffer in cmd_node->data_buf. Several callers pass stack-allocated objects there. If wait_event_interruptible_timeout() is interrupted, the caller can return and release that stack object while the firmware command is still the current command. A late firmware response then reaches the normal response handler, which can copy data through cmd_node->data_buf into the stale stack address. This fixes a stack corruption observed during repeated association and disassociation cycles. The panic trace showed the command wait being interrupted immediately before a bad pointer dereference: cmd_wait_q terminated: -512 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 002c583837384662 Kernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector: Kernel stack is corrupted ... Tainted: [M]=MACHINE_CHECK The fault address decodes as little-endian ASCII: 0x002c583837384662 -> "bF878X,\0" which is a fragment of the VERSION_EXT firmware string exposed as debugfs "verext": w8997o-V4, RF878X, FP92, 16.92.21.p153.7 The same runs also showed corrupted control data containing: 0x2400372e333531 -> "153.7\0$" which is the tail of the same VERSION_EXT string. This points at a late VERSION_EXT response writing through a stale stack-backed data_buf after the interrupted wait returned. After cancelling pending commands on an interrupted or timed-out wait, detach the caller-owned data buffer from the still-current command. This preserves the existing command cancellation behaviour while preventing a late response from writing through a pointer whose lifetime ended with the waiting caller. Tested on an i.MX8MP board using an 88W8997.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c67b8c50286e0cb7f18d667e6a37a2ec6e08ff9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9024c7729eb523cf4f3a4203966d3a4aaabf030d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e06c9c8a1f10c55d9bc5d139656d58795e64483
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2134d6ff30cd6e1bf63d6b0a5d8e0839f0168b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20ee9c03f261bf6ac59331e2ca7b46b23646412a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1bbeb8970eeb6c6bf3cd5314138103f7b69446d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d29a165588b6a0cf7a38db5cbd602aef7ef8c658
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef06882c7d8a7400b67d0d003b1008093dd589ed
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-76267
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-80944
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1375 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1289 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1253 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 3d026d09b28dda24777129a931634949c75a9181 < 8c67b8c50286e0cb7f18d667e6a37a2ec6e08ff9 ; affected 3d026d09b28dda24777129a931634949c75a9181 < 9024c7729eb523cf4f3a4203966d3a4aaabf030d ; affected 3d026d09b28dda24777129a931634949c75a9181 < 9e06c9c8a1f10c55d9bc5d139656d58795e64483 ; affected 3d026d09b28dda24777129a931634949c75a9181 < f2134d6ff30cd6e1bf63d6b0a5d8e0839f0168b3 ; affected 3d026d09b28dda24777129a931634949c75a9181 < 20ee9c03f261bf6ac59331e2ca7b46b23646412a ; affected 3d026d09b28dda24777129a931634949c75a9181 < b1bbeb8970eeb6c6bf3cd5314138103f7b69446d |
| Linux · Linux | affected 3.15 ; unaffected 0 < 3.15 ; unaffected 5.10.270 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.221 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.188 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.157 ≤ 6.6.* |
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 |