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GHSA-7296-QMW6-C5CW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-21 18:31 – Updated: 2024-12-04 21:30

Details

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

wifi: ath12k: fix possible out-of-bound write in ath12k_wmi_ext_hal_reg_caps()

reg_cap.phy_id is extracted from WMI event and could be an unexpected value in case some errors happen. As a result out-of-bound write may occur to soc->hal_reg_cap. Fix it by validating reg_cap.phy_id before using it.

This is found during code review.

Compile tested only.

Severity

6.2 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2023-52829 (GCVE-0-2023-52829)

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

Title

wifi: ath12k: fix possible out-of-bound write in ath12k_wmi_ext_hal_reg_caps()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix possible out-of-bound write in ath12k_wmi_ext_hal_reg_caps() reg_cap.phy_id is extracted from WMI event and could be an unexpected value in case some errors happen. As a result out-of-bound write may occur to soc->hal_reg_cap. Fix it by validating reg_cap.phy_id before using it. This is found during code review. Compile tested only.

Severity

8.4 (High)


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

6.2 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/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 2024-06-17 17:36 UTC

CWE

CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

Assigner

Linux mitre root Scorecard

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfe13eaab043130f9…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dd0547e8b45faf6f…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b302dce3d9edea5b9…

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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