CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-54300
- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2025-12-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath9k: avoid referencing uninit memory in ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx
For the reasons also described in commit b383e8abed41 ("wifi: ath9k: avoid
uninit memory read in ath9k_htc_rx_msg()"), ath9k_htc_rx_msg() should
validate pkt_len before accessing the SKB.
For example, the obtained SKB may have been badly constructed with
pkt_len = 8. In this case, the SKB can only contain a valid htc_frame_hdr
but after being processed in ath9k_htc_rx_msg() and passed to
ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx() endpoint RX handler, it is expected to have a WMI
command header which should be located inside its data payload.
Implement sanity checking inside ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx(). Otherwise, uninit
memory can be referenced.
Tested on Qualcomm Atheros Communications AR9271 802.11n .
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bc12e41af4e3ae1f0efecc377f0514459df0707 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/250efb4d3f5b32a115ea6bf25437ba44a1b3c04f git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28259ce4f1f1f9ab37fa817756c89098213d2fc0 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75acec91aeaa07375cd5f418069e61b16d39bbad git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ed572e52714593b209e3aa352406aff84481179 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90e3c10177573b8662ac9858abd9bf731d5d98e0 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad5425e70789c29b93acafb5bb4629e4eb908296 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1c2ff2bd84c3692c9df267a2b991ce92bfca8ef git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f24292e827088bba8de7158501ac25a59b064953 git.kernel.org