In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: nl80211: fix NL80211_ATTR_MLO_LINK_ID off-by-one
Since the netlink attribute range validation provides inclusive checking, the *max* of attribute NL80211_ATTR_MLO_LINK_ID should be IEEE80211_MLD_MAX_NUM_LINKS - 1 otherwise causing an off-by-one.
One crash stack for demonstration: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: wild-memory-access in ieee80211_tx_control_port+0x3b6/0xca0 net/mac80211/tx.c:5939 Read of size 6 at addr 001102080000000c by task fuzzer.386/9508
CPU: 1 PID: 9508 Comm: syz.1.386 Not tainted 6.1.70 #2 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x177/0x231 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_report+0xe0/0x750 mm/kasan/report.c:398 kasan_report+0x139/0x170 mm/kasan/report.c:495 kasan_check_range+0x287/0x290 mm/kasan/generic.c:189 memcpy+0x25/0x60 mm/kasan/shadow.c:65 ieee80211_tx_control_port+0x3b6/0xca0 net/mac80211/tx.c:5939 rdev_tx_control_port net/wireless/rdev-ops.h:761 [inline] nl80211_tx_control_port+0x7b3/0xc40 net/wireless/nl80211.c:15453 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x22e/0x320 net/netlink/genetlink.c:756 genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:833 [inline] genl_rcv_msg+0x539/0x740 net/netlink/genetlink.c:850 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1de/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2508 genl_rcv+0x24/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:861 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1326 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x74b/0x8c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1352 netlink_sendmsg+0x882/0xb90 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1874 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:716 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:728 [inline] ____sys_sendmsg+0x5cc/0x8f0 net/socket.c:2499 ___sys_sendmsg+0x21c/0x290 net/socket.c:2553 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2582 [inline] __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2591 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg+0x19e/0x270 net/socket.c:2589 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x45/0x90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
Update the policy to ensure correct validation.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linuxUpgrade linux-6.1 | Jan 13, 2025 | Dec 27, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution existsUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-rt | May 15, 2025 | Dec 27, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1025-awsUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1013-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-56-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1025-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-gcpUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1012-azureUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1025-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1007-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-azure-fde-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1008-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1022-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1022-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1013-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-56-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-21-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-21-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04bUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-2023-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1022-ibmUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1017-oemUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1028-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1012-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-56-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-oemUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1010-raspiUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-57-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1018-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1021-gkeUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-57-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-56-genericUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-oracle | Mar 28, 2025 | Dec 27, 2024 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 29, 2025 | Dec 27, 2024 |
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