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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Jul 12, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 29, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: cfg80211: Lock wiphy in cfg80211_get_station

Wiphy should be locked before calling rdev_get_station() (see lockdep
assert in ieee80211_get_station()).

This fixes the following kernel NULL dereference:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000050
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x0000000096000006
EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault
Data abort info:
ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006
CM = 0, WnR = 0
user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000003001000
[0000000000000050] pgd=0800000002dca003, p4d=0800000002dca003, pud=08000000028e9003, pmd=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000006 [#1] SMP
Modules linked in: netconsole dwc3_meson_g12a dwc3_of_simple dwc3 ip_gre gre ath10k_pci ath10k_core ath9k ath9k_common ath9k_hw ath
CPU: 0 PID: 1091 Comm: kworker/u8:0 Not tainted 6.4.0-02144-g565f9a3a7911-dirty #705
Hardware name: RPT (r1) (DT)
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_v_elp_throughput_metric_update
pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : ath10k_sta_statistics+0x10/0x2dc [ath10k_core]
lr : sta_set_sinfo+0xcc/0xbd4
sp : ffff000007b43ad0
x29: ffff000007b43ad0 x28: ffff0000071fa900 x27: ffff00000294ca98
x26: ffff000006830880 x25: ffff000006830880 x24: ffff00000294c000
x23: 0000000000000001 x22: ffff000007b43c90 x21: ffff800008898acc
x20: ffff00000294c6e8 x19: ffff000007b43c90 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 445946354d552d78 x16: 62661f7200000000 x15: 57464f445946354d
x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 00000000000000e3 x12: d5f0acbcebea978e
x11: 00000000000000e3 x10: 000000010048fe41 x9 : 0000000000000000
x8 : ffff000007b43d90 x7 : 000000007a1e2125 x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : ffff0000024e0900 x4 : ffff800000a0250c x3 : ffff000007b43c90
x2 : ffff00000294ca98 x1 : ffff000006831920 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
ath10k_sta_statistics+0x10/0x2dc [ath10k_core]
sta_set_sinfo+0xcc/0xbd4
ieee80211_get_station+0x2c/0x44
cfg80211_get_station+0x80/0x154
batadv_v_elp_get_throughput+0x138/0x1fc
batadv_v_elp_throughput_metric_update+0x1c/0xa4
process_one_work+0x1ec/0x414
worker_thread+0x70/0x46c
kthread+0xdc/0xe0
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Code: a9bb7bfd 910003fd a90153f3 f9411c40 (f9402814)

This happens because STA has time to disconnect and reconnect before
batadv_v_elp_throughput_metric_update() delayed work gets scheduled. In
this situation, ath10k_sta_state() can be in the middle of resetting
arsta data when the work queue get chance to be scheduled and ends up
accessing it. Locking wiphy prevents that.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 12, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 12, 2024
Last updated Aug 29, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-40911

GHSA ID

GHSA-8xrm-p372-wx3c

Source code

No known source code

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