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FKIE_CVE-2022-49235

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-02-26 07:01 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:17

Severity

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ath9k_htc: fix uninit value bugs Syzbot reported 2 KMSAN bugs in ath9k. All of them are caused by missing field initialization. In htc_connect_service() svc_meta_len and pad are not initialized. Based on code it looks like in current skb there is no service data, so simply initialize svc_meta_len to 0. htc_issue_send() does not initialize htc_frame_hdr::control array. Based on firmware code, it will initialize it by itself, so simply zero whole array to make KMSAN happy Fail logs: BUG: KMSAN: kernel-usb-infoleak in usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430 usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430 hif_usb_send_regout drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:127 [inline] hif_usb_send+0x5f0/0x16f0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:479 htc_issue_send drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:34 [inline] htc_connect_service+0x143e/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:275 ... Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:524 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3251 [inline] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xe0c/0x1510 mm/slub.c:4974 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:354 [inline] __alloc_skb+0x545/0xf90 net/core/skbuff.c:426 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1126 [inline] htc_connect_service+0x1029/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:258 ... Bytes 4-7 of 18 are uninitialized Memory access of size 18 starts at ffff888027377e00 BUG: KMSAN: kernel-usb-infoleak in usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430 usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430 hif_usb_send_regout drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:127 [inline] hif_usb_send+0x5f0/0x16f0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:479 htc_issue_send drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:34 [inline] htc_connect_service+0x143e/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:275 ... Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:524 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3251 [inline] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xe0c/0x1510 mm/slub.c:4974 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:354 [inline] __alloc_skb+0x545/0xf90 net/core/skbuff.c:426 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1126 [inline] htc_connect_service+0x1029/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:258 ... Bytes 16-17 of 18 are uninitialized Memory access of size 18 starts at ffff888027377e00

References

URL	Tags
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b700f7d06492de34964b6f414120043364f8191	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11f11ac281f0c0b363d2940204f28bae0422ed71	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d244b731188e0b63fc40a9d2dec72e9181fb37c	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5abf2b761b998063f5e2bae93fd4ab10e2a80f10	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c2a6a8daa17a3f65b38b9a5574bb362c13fa1d9	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7da6169b6ebb75816b57be3beb829afa74f3b4b6	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1e0df1c57bd30871dd1c855742a7c346dbca853	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e352acdd378e9263cc4c6018e588f2dac7161d07	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee4222052a76559c20e821bc3519cefb58b6d3e9	Patch

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*

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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nath9k_htc: fix uninit value bugs\n\nSyzbot reported 2 KMSAN bugs in ath9k. All of them are caused by missing\nfield initialization.\n\nIn htc_connect_service() svc_meta_len and pad are not initialized. Based\non code it looks like in current skb there is no service data, so simply\ninitialize svc_meta_len to 0.\n\nhtc_issue_send() does not initialize htc_frame_hdr::control array. Based\non firmware code, it will initialize it by itself, so simply zero whole\narray to make KMSAN happy\n\nFail logs:\n\nBUG: KMSAN: kernel-usb-infoleak in usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430\n usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430\n hif_usb_send_regout drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:127 [inline]\n hif_usb_send+0x5f0/0x16f0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:479\n htc_issue_send drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:34 [inline]\n htc_connect_service+0x143e/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:275\n...\n\nUninit was created at:\n slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:524 [inline]\n slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3251 [inline]\n __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xe0c/0x1510 mm/slub.c:4974\n kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:354 [inline]\n __alloc_skb+0x545/0xf90 net/core/skbuff.c:426\n alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1126 [inline]\n htc_connect_service+0x1029/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:258\n...\n\nBytes 4-7 of 18 are uninitialized\nMemory access of size 18 starts at ffff888027377e00\n\nBUG: KMSAN: kernel-usb-infoleak in usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430\n usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430\n hif_usb_send_regout drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:127 [inline]\n hif_usb_send+0x5f0/0x16f0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:479\n htc_issue_send drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:34 [inline]\n htc_connect_service+0x143e/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:275\n...\n\nUninit was created at:\n slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:524 [inline]\n slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3251 [inline]\n __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xe0c/0x1510 mm/slub.c:4974\n kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:354 [inline]\n __alloc_skb+0x545/0xf90 net/core/skbuff.c:426\n alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1126 [inline]\n htc_connect_service+0x1029/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:258\n...\n\nBytes 16-17 of 18 are uninitialized\nMemory access of size 18 starts at ffff888027377e00"
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      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: ath9k_htc: corregir errores de valores no inicializados Syzbot inform\u00f3 de 2 errores de KMSAN en ath9k. Todos ellos son causados por la falta de inicializaci\u00f3n de campos. En htc_connect_service(), svc_meta_len y pad no se inicializan. Seg\u00fan el c\u00f3digo, parece que en el skb actual no hay datos de servicio, por lo que simplemente inicialice svc_meta_len a 0. htc_issue_send() no inicializa la matriz htc_frame_hdr::control. Basado en el c\u00f3digo del firmware, lo inicializar\u00e1 por s\u00ed mismo, as\u00ed que simplemente ponga a cero toda la matriz para que KMSAN est\u00e9 contento Registros de errores: ERROR: KMSAN: kernel-usb-infoleak en usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430 usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430 hif_usb_send_regout drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:127 [en l\u00ednea] hif_usb_send+0x5f0/0x16f0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:479 htc_issue_send drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:34 [en l\u00ednea] htc_connect_service+0x143e/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:275 ... Uninit se cre\u00f3 en: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:524 [en l\u00ednea] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3251 [en l\u00ednea] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xe0c/0x1510 mm/slub.c:4974 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:354 [en l\u00ednea] __alloc_skb+0x545/0xf90 net/core/skbuff.c:426 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1126 [en l\u00ednea] htc_connect_service+0x1029/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:258 ... Los bytes 4-7 de 18 no est\u00e1n inicializados El acceso a la memoria de tama\u00f1o 18 comienza en ffff888027377e00 ERROR: KMSAN: kernel-usb-infoleak en usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430 usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430 hif_usb_send_regout drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:127 [en l\u00ednea] hif_usb_send+0x5f0/0x16f0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:479 htc_issue_send drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:34 [en l\u00ednea] htc_connect_service+0x143e/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:275 ... Uninit se cre\u00f3 en: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:524 [en l\u00ednea] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3251 [en l\u00ednea] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xe0c/0x1510 mm/slub.c:4974 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:354 [en l\u00ednea] __alloc_skb+0x545/0xf90 net/core/skbuff.c:426 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1126 [en l\u00ednea] htc_connect_service+0x1029/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:258 ... Los bytes 16-17 de 18 no est\u00e1n inicializados. El acceso a la memoria de tama\u00f1o 18 comienza en ffff888027377e00"
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CVE-2022-49235 (GCVE-0-2022-49235)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-26 01:56 – Updated: 2026-05-11 18:55

Title

ath9k_htc: fix uninit value bugs

Summary

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-10-01 19:46 UTC

CWE

CWE-908 - Use of Uninitialized Resource

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6637 records in the last 180 days details

References

9 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c2a6a8daa17a3f65…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e352acdd378e9263c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee4222052a76559c2…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d244b731188e0b63…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11f11ac281f0c0b36…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b700f7d06492de34…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7da6169b6ebb75816…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5abf2b761b998063f…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1e0df1c57bd30871…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
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Linux	Linux	Affected: 2.6.35 Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.35 (semver) Unaffected: 4.9.311 , ≤ 4.9.* (semver) Unaffected: 4.14.276 , ≤ 4.14.* (semver) Unaffected: 4.19.238 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.4.189 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.110 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.33 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.16.19 , ≤ 5.16.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.17.2 , ≤ 5.17.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.18 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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