vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2025-38116: kernel: wifi: ath12k: fix uaf in ath12k_core_init() (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jul 3, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jan 28, 2026 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath12k: fix uaf in ath12k_core_init()
When the execution of ath12k_core_hw_group_assign() or
ath12k_core_hw_group_create() fails, the registered notifier chain is not
unregistered properly. Its memory is freed after rmmod, which may trigger
to a use-after-free (UAF) issue if there is a subsequent access to this
notifier chain.
Fixes the issue by calling ath12k_core_panic_notifier_unregister() in
failure cases.
Call trace:
notifier_chain_register+0x4c/0x1f0 (P)
atomic_notifier_chain_register+0x38/0x68
ath12k_core_init+0x50/0x4e8 [ath12k]
ath12k_pci_probe+0x5f8/0xc28 [ath12k]
pci_device_probe+0xbc/0x1a8
really_probe+0xc8/0x3a0
__driver_probe_device+0x84/0x1b0
driver_probe_device+0x44/0x130
__driver_attach+0xcc/0x208
bus_for_each_dev+0x84/0x100
driver_attach+0x2c/0x40
bus_add_driver+0x130/0x260
driver_register+0x70/0x138
__pci_register_driver+0x68/0x80
ath12k_pci_init+0x30/0x68 [ath12k]
ath12k_init+0x28/0x78 [ath12k]
Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0.c5-00481-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3
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