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GHSA-675J-298R-VV37

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-01 15:30 – Updated: 2026-05-12 12:31
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: wilc1000: fix RCU usage in connect path

With lockdep enabled, calls to the connect function from cfg802.11 layer lead to the following warning:

============================= WARNING: suspicious RCU usage 6.7.0-rc1-wt+ #333 Not tainted


drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.c:386 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! [...] stack backtrace: CPU: 0 PID: 100 Comm: wpa_supplicant Not tainted 6.7.0-rc1-wt+ #333 Hardware name: Atmel SAMA5 unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x18/0x1c show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x48 dump_stack_lvl from wilc_parse_join_bss_param+0x7dc/0x7f4 wilc_parse_join_bss_param from connect+0x2c4/0x648 connect from cfg80211_connect+0x30c/0xb74 cfg80211_connect from nl80211_connect+0x860/0xa94 nl80211_connect from genl_rcv_msg+0x3fc/0x59c genl_rcv_msg from netlink_rcv_skb+0xd0/0x1f8 netlink_rcv_skb from genl_rcv+0x2c/0x3c genl_rcv from netlink_unicast+0x3b0/0x550 netlink_unicast from netlink_sendmsg+0x368/0x688 netlink_sendmsg from _syssendmsg+0x190/0x430 __sys_sendmsg from syssendmsg+0x110/0x158 _sys_sendmsg from sys_sendmsg+0xe8/0x150 sys_sendmsg from ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c

This warning is emitted because in the connect path, when trying to parse target BSS parameters, we dereference a RCU pointer whithout being in RCU critical section. Fix RCU dereference usage by moving it to a RCU read critical section. To avoid wrapping the whole wilc_parse_join_bss_param under the critical section, just use the critical section to copy ies data

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-27053"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-476"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-05-01T13:15:50Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: wilc1000: fix RCU usage in connect path\n\nWith lockdep enabled, calls to the connect function from cfg802.11 layer\nlead to the following warning:\n\n=============================\nWARNING: suspicious RCU usage\n6.7.0-rc1-wt+ #333 Not tainted\n-----------------------------\ndrivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.c:386\nsuspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!\n[...]\nstack backtrace:\nCPU: 0 PID: 100 Comm: wpa_supplicant Not tainted 6.7.0-rc1-wt+ #333\nHardware name: Atmel SAMA5\n unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x18/0x1c\n show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x48\n dump_stack_lvl from wilc_parse_join_bss_param+0x7dc/0x7f4\n wilc_parse_join_bss_param from connect+0x2c4/0x648\n connect from cfg80211_connect+0x30c/0xb74\n cfg80211_connect from nl80211_connect+0x860/0xa94\n nl80211_connect from genl_rcv_msg+0x3fc/0x59c\n genl_rcv_msg from netlink_rcv_skb+0xd0/0x1f8\n netlink_rcv_skb from genl_rcv+0x2c/0x3c\n genl_rcv from netlink_unicast+0x3b0/0x550\n netlink_unicast from netlink_sendmsg+0x368/0x688\n netlink_sendmsg from ____sys_sendmsg+0x190/0x430\n ____sys_sendmsg from ___sys_sendmsg+0x110/0x158\n ___sys_sendmsg from sys_sendmsg+0xe8/0x150\n sys_sendmsg from ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c\n\nThis warning is emitted because in the connect path, when trying to parse\ntarget BSS parameters, we dereference a RCU pointer whithout being in RCU\ncritical section.\nFix RCU dereference usage by moving it to a RCU read critical section. To\navoid wrapping the whole wilc_parse_join_bss_param under the critical\nsection, just use the critical section to copy ies data",
  "id": "GHSA-675j-298r-vv37",
  "modified": "2026-05-12T12:31:44Z",
  "published": "2024-05-01T15:30:36Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27053"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/205c50306acf58a335eb19fa84e40140f4fe814f"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bfd20d5f5c62b5495d6c0016ee6933bd3add7ce"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5800ec78775c0cd646f71eb9bf8402fb794807de"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/745003b5917b610352f52fe0d11ef658d6471ec2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4bbf38c350acb6500cbe667b1e2e68f896e4b38"
    },
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d80fc436751cfa6b02a8eda74eb6cce7dadfe5a2"
    },
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e556006de4ea93abe2b46cba202a2556c544b8b2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}



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