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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2024-53188

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 12/27/2024 9:15:26 AM

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Added Description

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

wifi: ath12k: fix crash when unbinding

If there is an error during some initialization related to firmware,
the function ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup is called to release resources.
However this is released again when the device is unbinded (ath12k_pci),
and we get:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
at RIP: 0010:ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup.part.0+0xb6/0x500 [ath12k]
Call Trace:
ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup
ath12k_dp_free
ath12k_core_deinit
ath12k_pci_remove
...

The issue is always reproducible from a VM because the MSI addressing
initialization is failing.

In order to fix the issue, just set to NULL the released structure in
ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup at the end.
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1304446f67863385dc4c914b6e0194f6664ee764
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2eec88c0fa63f8ad35704a8c9df0b5bd8694fcda
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/488d2959c28621e52b3cce118a813a4bc18bb3d1
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81da9c0854545c3188ca2a09afe7cb65f9c012b5