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CVE-2024-38572HIGH
Linux Linux — wifi: ath12k: fix out-of-bound access of qmi_invoke_handler()
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  H  N  H    7.1   .0023   14.5     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 –  —
  Linux    6.3 –                                       6.6.33
TIMELINE
  Jun 18  Reserved by Linux
  Jun 19  Published (CNA: Linux)
  Aug 4   RESCORED — CVE-2024-38572 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 7.1 (NVD).
CWE-125 · CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 4 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix out-of-bound access of qmi_invoke_handler() Currently, there is no terminator entry for ath12k_qmi_msg_handlers hence facing below KASAN warning, ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in qmi_invoke_handler+0xa4/0x148 Read of size 8 at addr ffffffd00a6428d8 by task kworker/u8:2/1273 CPU: 0 PID: 1273 Comm: kworker/u8:2 Not tainted 5.4.213 #0 Workqueue: qmi_msg_handler qmi_data_ready_work Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x0/0x20c show_stack+0x14/0x1c dump_stack+0xe0/0x138 print_address_description.isra.5+0x30/0x330 __kasan_report+0x16c/0x1bc kasan_report+0xc/0x14 __asan_load8+0xa8/0xb0 qmi_invoke_handler+0xa4/0x148 qmi_handle_message+0x18c/0x1bc qmi_data_ready_work+0x4ec/0x528 process_one_work+0x2c0/0x440 worker_thread+0x324/0x4b8 kthread+0x210/0x228 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18 The address belongs to the variable: ath12k_mac_mon_status_filter_default+0x4bd8/0xfffffffffffe2300 [ath12k] [...] ================================================================== Add a dummy terminator entry at the end to assist the qmi_invoke_handler() in traversing up to the terminator entry without accessing an out-of-boundary index. Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.0.1-00029-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
June 18, 2024ReservedReserved by Linux
June 19, 2024PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
August 4, 2026RESCOREDRESCORED — CVE-2024-38572 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 7.1 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinuxd889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2
LinuxLinux6.36.6.33

Weaknesses

CWE-125

References (4)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2024-38572 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

Weaknesses: CWE-125

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