CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-68729
- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2025-12-24
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath12k: Fix MSDU buffer types handling in RX error path
Currently, packets received on the REO exception ring from
unassociated peers are of MSDU buffer type, while the driver expects
link descriptor type packets. These packets are not parsed further due
to a return check on packet type in ath12k_hal_desc_reo_parse_err(),
but the associated skb is not freed. This may lead to kernel
crashes and buffer leaks.
Hence to fix, update the RX error handler to explicitly drop
MSDU buffer type packets received on the REO exception ring.
This prevents further processing of invalid packets and ensures
stability in the RX error handling path.
Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.4.1-00199-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17a9b93283c6f0b799a338bbc50fa115012429d9 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36f9edbb9d0fc36c865c74f3c1ad8e1261ad3981 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ff5a9d71cdc49c3400f30583a784ad0a17d01ec git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab0554f51e5f2b9506e8a09e8accd02f00056729 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abfbceda0d2391524ad1df88867b3f3af36d17c7 git.kernel.org