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CVE-2023-54300

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

wifi: ath9k: avoid referencing uninit memory in ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx

For the reasons also described in commit b383e8abed41 ("wifi: ath9k: avoid uninit memory read in ath9k_htc_rx_msg()"), ath9k_htc_rx_msg() should validate pkt_len before accessing the SKB.

For example, the obtained SKB may have been badly constructed with pkt_len = 8. In this case, the SKB can only contain a valid htc_frame_hdr but after being processed in ath9k_htc_rx_msg() and passed to ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx() endpoint RX handler, it is expected to have a WMI command header which should be located inside its data payload.

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Implement sanity checking inside ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx(). Otherwise, uninit memory can be referenced.

Tested on Qualcomm Atheros Communications AR9271 802.11n .

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

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Tecnologías afectadas (1)

⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.

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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath9k: avoid referencing uninit memory in ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx\n\nFor the reasons also described in commit b383e8abed41 (\"wifi: ath9k: avoid\nuninit memory read in ath9k_htc_rx_msg()\"), ath9k_htc_rx_msg() should\nvalidate pkt_len before accessing the SKB.\n\nFor example, the obtained SKB may have been badly constructed with\npkt_len = 8. In this case, the SKB can only contain a valid htc_frame_hdr\nbut after being processed in ath9k_htc_rx_msg() and passed to\nath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx() endpoint RX handler, it is expected to have a WMI\ncommand header which should be located inside its data payload.\n\nImplement sanity checking inside ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx(). Otherwise, uninit\nmemory can be referenced.\n\nTested on Qualcomm Atheros Communications AR9271 802.11n .\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller."
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      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nwifi: ath9k: evitar referenciar memoria no inicializada en ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx\n\nPor las razones también descritas en el commit b383e8abed41 ('wifi: ath9k: evitar lectura de memoria no inicializada en ath9k_htc_rx_msg()'), ath9k_htc_rx_msg() debería validar pkt_len antes de acceder al SKB.\n\nPor ejemplo, el SKB obtenido puede haber sido mal construido con pkt_len = 8. En este caso, el SKB solo puede contener un htc_frame_hdr válido, pero después de ser procesado en ath9k_htc_rx_msg() y pasado al manejador RX del endpoint ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx(), se espera que tenga una cabecera de comando WMI que debería estar ubicada dentro de su carga útil de datos.\n\nImplementar comprobación de cordura dentro de ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx(). De lo contrario, se puede referenciar memoria no inicializada.\n\nProbado en Qualcomm Atheros Communications AR9271 802.11n.\n\nEncontrado por Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) con Syzkaller."
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