ghsa-ch3p-mhx6-fjx9
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Published
2024-09-18 09:30
Modified
2024-09-26 15:30
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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

wifi: mwifiex: Do not return unused priv in mwifiex_get_priv_by_id()

mwifiex_get_priv_by_id() returns the priv pointer corresponding to the bss_num and bss_type, but without checking if the priv is actually currently in use. Unused priv pointers do not have a wiphy attached to them which can lead to NULL pointer dereferences further down the callstack. Fix this by returning only used priv pointers which have priv->bss_mode set to something else than NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED.

Said NULL pointer dereference happened when an Accesspoint was started with wpa_supplicant -i mlan0 with this config:

network={ ssid="somessid" mode=2 frequency=2412 key_mgmt=WPA-PSK WPA-PSK-SHA256 proto=RSN group=CCMP pairwise=CCMP psk="12345678" }

When waiting for the AP to be established, interrupting wpa_supplicant with and starting it again this happens:

| Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000140 | Mem abort info: | ESR = 0x0000000096000004 | EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits | SET = 0, FnV = 0 | EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 | FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault | Data abort info: | ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000 | CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0 | GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0 | user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000046d96000 | [0000000000000140] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 | Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP | Modules linked in: caam_jr caamhash_desc spidev caamalg_desc crypto_engine authenc libdes mwifiex_sdio +mwifiex crct10dif_ce cdc_acm onboard_usb_hub fsl_imx8_ddr_perf imx8m_ddrc rtc_ds1307 lm75 rtc_snvs +imx_sdma caam imx8mm_thermal spi_imx error imx_cpufreq_dt fuse ip_tables x_tables ipv6 | CPU: 0 PID: 8 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 6.9.0-00007-g937242013fce-dirty #18 | Hardware name: somemachine (DT) | Workqueue: events sdio_irq_work | pstate: 00000005 (nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) | pc : mwifiex_get_cfp+0xd8/0x15c [mwifiex] | lr : mwifiex_get_cfp+0x34/0x15c [mwifiex] | sp : ffff8000818b3a70 | x29: ffff8000818b3a70 x28: ffff000006bfd8a5 x27: 0000000000000004 | x26: 000000000000002c x25: 0000000000001511 x24: 0000000002e86bc9 | x23: ffff000006bfd996 x22: 0000000000000004 x21: ffff000007bec000 | x20: 000000000000002c x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000 | x17: 000000040044ffff x16: 00500072b5503510 x15: ccc283740681e517 | x14: 0201000101006d15 x13: 0000000002e8ff43 x12: 002c01000000ffb1 | x11: 0100000000000000 x10: 02e8ff43002c0100 x9 : 0000ffb100100157 | x8 : ffff000003d20000 x7 : 00000000000002f1 x6 : 00000000ffffe124 | x5 : 0000000000000001 x4 : 0000000000000003 x3 : 0000000000000000 | x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0001000000011001 x0 : 0000000000000000 | Call trace: | mwifiex_get_cfp+0xd8/0x15c [mwifiex] | mwifiex_parse_single_response_buf+0x1d0/0x504 [mwifiex] | mwifiex_handle_event_ext_scan_report+0x19c/0x2f8 [mwifiex] | mwifiex_process_sta_event+0x298/0xf0c [mwifiex] | mwifiex_process_event+0x110/0x238 [mwifiex] | mwifiex_main_process+0x428/0xa44 [mwifiex] | mwifiex_sdio_interrupt+0x64/0x12c [mwifiex_sdio] | process_sdio_pending_irqs+0x64/0x1b8 | sdio_irq_work+0x4c/0x7c | process_one_work+0x148/0x2a0 | worker_thread+0x2fc/0x40c | kthread+0x110/0x114 | ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 | Code: a94153f3 a8c37bfd d50323bf d65f03c0 (f940a000) | ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-46755"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-476"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-09-18T08:15:04Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mwifiex: Do not return unused priv in mwifiex_get_priv_by_id()\n\nmwifiex_get_priv_by_id() returns the priv pointer corresponding to\nthe bss_num and bss_type, but without checking if the priv is actually\ncurrently in use.\nUnused priv pointers do not have a wiphy attached to them which can\nlead to NULL pointer dereferences further down the callstack.  Fix\nthis by returning only used priv pointers which have priv-\u003ebss_mode\nset to something else than NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED.\n\nSaid NULL pointer dereference happened when an Accesspoint was started\nwith wpa_supplicant -i mlan0 with this config:\n\nnetwork={\n        ssid=\"somessid\"\n        mode=2\n        frequency=2412\n        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK WPA-PSK-SHA256\n        proto=RSN\n        group=CCMP\n        pairwise=CCMP\n        psk=\"12345678\"\n}\n\nWhen waiting for the AP to be established, interrupting wpa_supplicant\nwith \u003cctrl-c\u003e and starting it again this happens:\n\n| Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000140\n| Mem abort info:\n|   ESR = 0x0000000096000004\n|   EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits\n|   SET = 0, FnV = 0\n|   EA = 0, S1PTW = 0\n|   FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault\n| Data abort info:\n|   ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000\n|   CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0\n|   GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0\n| user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000046d96000\n| [0000000000000140] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000\n| Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP\n| Modules linked in: caam_jr caamhash_desc spidev caamalg_desc crypto_engine authenc libdes mwifiex_sdio\n+mwifiex crct10dif_ce cdc_acm onboard_usb_hub fsl_imx8_ddr_perf imx8m_ddrc rtc_ds1307 lm75 rtc_snvs\n+imx_sdma caam imx8mm_thermal spi_imx error imx_cpufreq_dt fuse ip_tables x_tables ipv6\n| CPU: 0 PID: 8 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 6.9.0-00007-g937242013fce-dirty #18\n| Hardware name: somemachine (DT)\n| Workqueue: events sdio_irq_work\n| pstate: 00000005 (nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n| pc : mwifiex_get_cfp+0xd8/0x15c [mwifiex]\n| lr : mwifiex_get_cfp+0x34/0x15c [mwifiex]\n| sp : ffff8000818b3a70\n| x29: ffff8000818b3a70 x28: ffff000006bfd8a5 x27: 0000000000000004\n| x26: 000000000000002c x25: 0000000000001511 x24: 0000000002e86bc9\n| x23: ffff000006bfd996 x22: 0000000000000004 x21: ffff000007bec000\n| x20: 000000000000002c x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000\n| x17: 000000040044ffff x16: 00500072b5503510 x15: ccc283740681e517\n| x14: 0201000101006d15 x13: 0000000002e8ff43 x12: 002c01000000ffb1\n| x11: 0100000000000000 x10: 02e8ff43002c0100 x9 : 0000ffb100100157\n| x8 : ffff000003d20000 x7 : 00000000000002f1 x6 : 00000000ffffe124\n| x5 : 0000000000000001 x4 : 0000000000000003 x3 : 0000000000000000\n| x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0001000000011001 x0 : 0000000000000000\n| Call trace:\n|  mwifiex_get_cfp+0xd8/0x15c [mwifiex]\n|  mwifiex_parse_single_response_buf+0x1d0/0x504 [mwifiex]\n|  mwifiex_handle_event_ext_scan_report+0x19c/0x2f8 [mwifiex]\n|  mwifiex_process_sta_event+0x298/0xf0c [mwifiex]\n|  mwifiex_process_event+0x110/0x238 [mwifiex]\n|  mwifiex_main_process+0x428/0xa44 [mwifiex]\n|  mwifiex_sdio_interrupt+0x64/0x12c [mwifiex_sdio]\n|  process_sdio_pending_irqs+0x64/0x1b8\n|  sdio_irq_work+0x4c/0x7c\n|  process_one_work+0x148/0x2a0\n|  worker_thread+0x2fc/0x40c\n|  kthread+0x110/0x114\n|  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n| Code: a94153f3 a8c37bfd d50323bf d65f03c0 (f940a000)\n| ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---",
  "id": "GHSA-ch3p-mhx6-fjx9",
  "modified": "2024-09-26T15:30:33Z",
  "published": "2024-09-18T09:30:37Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46755"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a05d8d02cfa3540ea5dbd6b39446bd3f515521f"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9813770f25855b866b8ead8155b8806b2db70f6d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a12cf97cbefa139ef8d95081f2ea047cbbd74b7a"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c145eea2f75ff7949392aebecf7ef0a81c1f6c14"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c16916dd6c16fa7e13ca3923eb6b9f50d848ad03"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2618dcb26c7211342b54520b5b148c0d3471c8a"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb67b2e51b75f1a17bee7599c8161b96e1808a70"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d834433ff313838a259bb6607055ece87b895b66"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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