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GHSA-29XQ-869P-3CHQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-21 18:31 – Updated: 2024-06-03 18:55

Details

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

wifi: ath12k: fix possible out-of-bound read in ath12k_htt_pull_ppdu_stats()

len is extracted from HTT message and could be an unexpected value in case errors happen, so add validation before using to avoid possible out-of-bound read in the following message iteration and parsing.

The same issue also applies to ppdu_info->ppdu_stats.common.num_users, so validate it before using too.

These are found during code review.

Compile test only.

Severity

7.1 (High)


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

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CVE-2023-52827 (GCVE-0-2023-52827)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-21 15:31 – Updated: 2026-08-05 09:11

Title

wifi: ath12k: fix possible out-of-bound read in ath12k_htt_pull_ppdu_stats()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix possible out-of-bound read in ath12k_htt_pull_ppdu_stats() len is extracted from HTT message and could be an unexpected value in case errors happen, so add validation before using to avoid possible out-of-bound read in the following message iteration and parsing. The same issue also applies to ppdu_info->ppdu_stats.common.num_users, so validate it before using too. These are found during code review. Compile test only.

Severity

7.7 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-05-22 18:23 UTC

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79527c21a3ce04cff…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9e44111da221246e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bc44a505a229bb1d…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.3 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.3 (semver) Unaffected: 6.5.13 , ≤ 6.5.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.3 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.7 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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