NetSight
high8.8

CVE-2023-52798

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: fix dfs radar event locking The ath11k active pdevs are protected by RCU but …

Impact

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: fix dfs radar event locking The ath11k active pdevs are protected by RCU but the DFS radar event handling code calling ath11k_mac_get_ar_by_pdev_id() was not marked as a read-side critical section. Mark the code in question as an RCU read-side critical section to avoid any potential use-after-free issues. Compile tested only.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 5.6 before 5.10.202
from 5.11 before 5.15.140
from 5.16 before 6.1.64
from 6.2 before 6.5.13
from 6.6 before 6.6.3

Weakness classification

References