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Linux Linux — ath11k: Change max no of active probe SSID and BSSID to fw capability
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0029 21.7 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d – —
Linux 5.6 – 5.17.14
TIMELINE
Feb 26 Reserved by Linux
Feb 26 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2022-49533 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ath11k: Change max no of active probe SSID and BSSID to fw capability
The maximum number of SSIDs in a for active probe requests is currently
reported as 16 (WLAN_SCAN_PARAMS_MAX_SSID) when registering the driver.
The scan_req_params structure only has the capacity to hold 10 SSIDs.
This leads to a buffer overflow which can be triggered from
wpa_supplicant in userspace. When copying the SSIDs into the
scan_req_params structure in the ath11k_mac_op_hw_scan route, it can
overwrite the extraie pointer.
Firmware supports 16 ssid * 4 bssid, for each ssid 4 bssid combo probe
request will be sent, so totally 64 probe requests supported. So
set both max ssid and bssid to 16 and 4 respectively. Remove the
redundant macros of ssid and bssid.
Tested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01300-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| February 26, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| February 26, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2022-49533 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.6 | 5.17.14 |
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