CVE-2022-49130
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
26/02/2025
Last modified:
01/10/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
ath11k: mhi: use mhi_sync_power_up()<br />
<br />
If amss.bin was missing ath11k would crash during &#39;rmmod ath11k_pci&#39;. The<br />
reason for that was that we were using mhi_async_power_up() which does not<br />
check any errors. But mhi_sync_power_up() on the other hand does check for<br />
errors so let&#39;s use that to fix the crash.<br />
<br />
I was not able to find a reason why an async version was used.<br />
ath11k_mhi_start() (which enables state ATH11K_MHI_POWER_ON) is called from<br />
ath11k_hif_power_up(), which can sleep. So sync version should be safe to use<br />
here.<br />
<br />
[ 145.569731] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC KASAN PTI<br />
[ 145.569789] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]<br />
[ 145.569843] CPU: 2 PID: 1628 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 5.16.0-wt-ath+ #567<br />
[ 145.569898] Hardware name: Intel(R) Client Systems NUC8i7HVK/NUC8i7HVB, BIOS HNKBLi70.86A.0067.2021.0528.1339 05/28/2021<br />
[ 145.569956] RIP: 0010:ath11k_hal_srng_access_begin+0xb5/0x2b0 [ath11k]<br />
[ 145.570028] Code: df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 ec 01 00 00 48 8b ab a8 00 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 ea 48 c1 ea 03 b6 14 02 48 89 e8 83 e0 07 83 c0 03 45 85 ed 75 48 38 d0 7c 08<br />
[ 145.570089] RSP: 0018:ffffc900025d7ac0 EFLAGS: 00010246<br />
[ 145.570144] RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff88814fca2dd8 RCX: 1ffffffff50cb455<br />
[ 145.570196] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff88814fca2dd8 RDI: ffff88814fca2e80<br />
[ 145.570252] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffffa8659497<br />
[ 145.570329] R10: fffffbfff50cb292 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff88814fca0000<br />
[ 145.570410] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff88814fca2798 R15: ffff88814fca2dd8<br />
[ 145.570465] FS: 00007fa399988540(0000) GS:ffff888233e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000<br />
[ 145.570519] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033<br />
[ 145.570571] CR2: 00007fa399b51421 CR3: 0000000137898002 CR4: 00000000003706e0<br />
[ 145.570623] Call Trace:<br />
[ 145.570675] <br />
[ 145.570727] ? ath11k_ce_tx_process_cb+0x34b/0x860 [ath11k]<br />
[ 145.570797] ath11k_ce_tx_process_cb+0x356/0x860 [ath11k]<br />
[ 145.570864] ? tasklet_init+0x150/0x150<br />
[ 145.570919] ? ath11k_ce_alloc_pipes+0x280/0x280 [ath11k]<br />
[ 145.570986] ? tasklet_clear_sched+0x42/0xe0<br />
[ 145.571042] ? tasklet_kill+0xe9/0x1b0<br />
[ 145.571095] ? tasklet_clear_sched+0xe0/0xe0<br />
[ 145.571148] ? irq_has_action+0x120/0x120<br />
[ 145.571202] ath11k_ce_cleanup_pipes+0x45a/0x580 [ath11k]<br />
[ 145.571270] ? ath11k_pci_stop+0x10e/0x170 [ath11k_pci]<br />
[ 145.571345] ath11k_core_stop+0x8a/0xc0 [ath11k]<br />
[ 145.571434] ath11k_core_deinit+0x9e/0x150 [ath11k]<br />
[ 145.571499] ath11k_pci_remove+0xd2/0x260 [ath11k_pci]<br />
[ 145.571553] pci_device_remove+0x9a/0x1c0<br />
[ 145.571605] __device_release_driver+0x332/0x660<br />
[ 145.571659] driver_detach+0x1e7/0x2c0<br />
[ 145.571712] bus_remove_driver+0xe2/0x2d0<br />
[ 145.571772] pci_unregister_driver+0x21/0x250<br />
[ 145.571826] __do_sys_delete_module+0x30a/0x4b0<br />
[ 145.571879] ? free_module+0xac0/0xac0<br />
[ 145.571933] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare.part.0+0x18c/0x370<br />
[ 145.571986] ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x1d/0x50<br />
[ 145.572039] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x79/0x100<br />
[ 145.572097] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90<br />
[ 145.572153] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae<br />
<br />
Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03003-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-2
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.10.111 (excluding) | |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.11 (including) | 5.15.34 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 (including) | 5.16.20 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.17 (including) | 5.17.3 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20d01a11efde2e05e47d5c66101f5c26eaca68e2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/339bd0b55ecdd0f7f341e9357c4cfde799de9418
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3df6d74aedfdca919cca475d15dfdbc8b05c9e5d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fd7d50384c3808b7f7fa135aa9bb5feb1cb9849
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/646d533af2911be1184eaee8c900b7eb8ecc4396



