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wifi: mac80211: sdata can be NULL during AMPDU start

Published Aug 21, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

wifi: mac80211: sdata can be NULL during AMPDU start

ieee80211_tx_ba_session_handle_start() may get NULL for sdata when a
deauthentication is ongoing.

Here a trace triggering the race with the hostapd test
multi_ap_fronthaul_on_ap:

(gdb) list *drv_ampdu_action+0x46
0x8b16 is in drv_ampdu_action (net/mac80211/driver-ops.c:396).
391 int ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
392
393 might_sleep();
394
395 sdata = get_bss_sdata(sdata);
396 if (!check_sdata_in_driver(sdata))
397 return -EIO;
398
399 trace_drv_ampdu_action(local, sdata, params);
400

wlan0: moving STA 02:00:00:00:03:00 to state 3
wlan0: associated
wlan0: deauthenticating from 02:00:00:00:03:00 by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING)
wlan3.sta1: Open BA session requested for 02:00:00:00:00:00 tid 0
wlan3.sta1: dropped frame to 02:00:00:00:00:00 (unauthorized port)
wlan0: moving STA 02:00:00:00:03:00 to state 2
wlan0: moving STA 02:00:00:00:03:00 to state 1
wlan0: Removed STA 02:00:00:00:03:00
wlan0: Destroyed STA 02:00:00:00:03:00
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffffffffffb48
PGD 11814067 P4D 11814067 PUD 11816067 PMD 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
CPU: 2 PID: 133397 Comm: kworker/u16:1 Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc8-wt+ #59
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.0-20220807_005459-localhost 04/01/2014
Workqueue: phy3 ieee80211_ba_session_work [mac80211]
RIP: 0010:drv_ampdu_action+0x46/0x280 [mac80211]
Code: 53 48 89 f3 be 89 01 00 00 e8 d6 43 bf ef e8 21 46 81 f0 83 bb a0 1b 00 00 04 75 0e 48 8b 9b 28 0d 00 00 48 81 eb 10 0e 00 00 <8b> 93 58 09 00 00 f6 c2 20 0f 84 3b 01 00 00 8b 05 dd 1c 0f 00 85
RSP: 0018:ffffc900025ebd20 EFLAGS: 00010287
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: fffffffffffff1f0 RCX: ffff888102228240
RDX: 0000000080000000 RSI: ffffffff918c5de0 RDI: ffff888102228b40
RBP: ffffc900025ebd40 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888118c18ec0
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffc900025ebd60 R15: ffff888018b7efb8
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88817a600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: fffffffffffffb48 CR3: 0000000105228006 CR4: 0000000000170ee0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
ieee80211_tx_ba_session_handle_start+0xd0/0x190 [mac80211]
ieee80211_ba_session_work+0xff/0x2e0 [mac80211]
process_one_work+0x29f/0x620
worker_thread+0x4d/0x3d0
? process_one_work+0x620/0x620
kthread+0xfb/0x120
? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
</TASK>

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 2.6.36 5.10.165

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.1.8-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.1.8-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.8-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1015.17 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-70.77 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1034.38 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1036.43 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1036.43.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1032.40 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1031.36 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1018.23 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1028.31 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1028.33 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1023.23 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1033.39 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1027.29 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +30 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1034.38~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1036.43~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1032.40~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +27 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0-1018.23~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-70.77~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1030.35~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1014.14~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1033.39~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1031.35~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1024.29 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1036.39 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1155.165+fips1 USN-8107-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1160.166+fips1 USN-8098-8
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1130.140 USN-8098-6
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1159.168+fips1 USN-8098-6
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2127.133 USN-8112-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2106.112 USN-8112-4
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1144.156 USN-8112-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2090.96 USN-8112-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips 4.4.0-1122.129 USN-8070-3
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-227.247 USN-8098-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1156.166 USN-8098-3
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1160.166 USN-8098-7
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1116.123 USN-8224-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1159.168 USN-8098-2
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1102.107 USN-8098-4
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1060.63 USN-8098-5
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1143.152 USN-8098-5
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1154.164 USN-8098-3
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1139.152 USN-8098-10
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1074.78 USN-8098-3
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-247.259 USN-8112-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1189.202 USN-8112-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1156.166~18.04.1 USN-8098-3
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1197.212 USN-8112-3
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1161.167~18.04.1 USN-8201-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1182.199 USN-8112-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1159.168~18.04.1 USN-8098-3
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-227.247~18.04.1 USN-8098-4
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1102.107~18.04.1 USN-8098-9
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1171.176 USN-8112-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1151.162 USN-8112-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1154.164~18.04.1 USN-8098-3
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1139.152~18.04.1 USN-8098-10
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux 4.4.0-278.312 USN-8070-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1190.205 USN-8070-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1189.202~16.04.1 USN-8112-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1197.212~16.04.1 USN-8112-3
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1182.199~16.04.1 USN-8112-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-247.259~16.04.1 USN-8112-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.4.0-1153.164 USN-8070-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1151.162~16.04.1 USN-8112-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1152.158 USN-8070-2
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1197.212~14.04.1 USN-8112-5
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-278.312~14.04.1 USN-8070-2
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +4 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3190-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2.150500.6.35.6 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-syms +1 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +4 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-docs +1 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.197.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3252-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-docs +1 4.12.14-122.228.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3251-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.228.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01983-1, SUSE-SU-2024:3251-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +1 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-source +2 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.197.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3252-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.228.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3251-1
SLE Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-rt +3 4.12.14-10.200.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3189-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2.150500.6.35.6 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.91.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3227-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.91.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3227-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19 +1 1-150500.11.3.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1, SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_31 1-150400.9.3.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.228.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01983-1, SUSE-SU-2024:3251-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_60 +1 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01983-1, SUSE-SU-2024:3251-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +3 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-docs +1 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +2 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-syms-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.67.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-source +2 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-syms 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-syms 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.5 dtb-aarch64 +3 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3190-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2.150500.6.35.6 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +2 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-syms-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.67.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2.150500.6.35.6 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1

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