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High · 8.8 CVE-2022-49238 EUVD-2022-54988GHSA-xqq8-xc8f-f7c4

ath11k: free peer for station when disconnect from AP for QCA6390/WCN6855

Published Feb 26, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

ath11k: free peer for station when disconnect from AP for QCA6390/WCN6855

Commit b4a0f54156ac ("ath11k: move peer delete after vdev stop of station
for QCA6390 and WCN6855") is to fix firmware crash by changing the WMI
command sequence, but actually skip all the peer delete operation, then
it lead commit 58595c9874c6 ("ath11k: Fixing dangling pointer issue upon
peer delete failure") not take effect, and then happened a use-after-free
warning from KASAN. because the peer->sta is not set to NULL and then used
later.

Change to only skip the WMI_PEER_DELETE_CMDID for QCA6390/WCN6855.

log of user-after-free:

[ 534.888665] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ath11k_dp_rx_update_peer_stats+0x912/0xc10 [ath11k]
[ 534.888696] Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881396bb1b8 by task rtcwake/2860

[ 534.888705] CPU: 4 PID: 2860 Comm: rtcwake Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 5.15.0-wt-ath+ #523
[ 534.888712] Hardware name: Intel(R) Client Systems NUC8i7HVK/NUC8i7HVB, BIOS HNKBLi70.86A.0067.2021.0528.1339 05/28/2021
[ 534.888716] Call Trace:
[ 534.888720] <IRQ>
[ 534.888726] dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x7d
[ 534.888736] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1f/0x170
[ 534.888745] ? ath11k_dp_rx_update_peer_stats+0x912/0xc10 [ath11k]
[ 534.888771] kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf
[ 534.888783] ? ath11k_dp_rx_update_peer_stats+0x912/0xc10 [ath11k]
[ 534.888810] ath11k_dp_rx_update_peer_stats+0x912/0xc10 [ath11k]
[ 534.888840] ath11k_dp_rx_process_mon_status+0x529/0xa70 [ath11k]
[ 534.888874] ? ath11k_dp_rx_mon_status_bufs_replenish+0x3f0/0x3f0 [ath11k]
[ 534.888897] ? check_prev_add+0x20f0/0x20f0
[ 534.888922] ? __lock_acquire+0xb72/0x1870
[ 534.888937] ? find_held_lock+0x33/0x110
[ 534.888954] ath11k_dp_rx_process_mon_rings+0x297/0x520 [ath11k]
[ 534.888981] ? rcu_read_unlock+0x40/0x40
[ 534.888990] ? ath11k_dp_rx_pdev_alloc+0xd90/0xd90 [ath11k]
[ 534.889026] ath11k_dp_service_mon_ring+0x67/0xe0 [ath11k]
[ 534.889053] ? ath11k_dp_rx_process_mon_rings+0x520/0x520 [ath11k]
[ 534.889075] call_timer_fn+0x167/0x4a0
[ 534.889084] ? add_timer_on+0x3b0/0x3b0
[ 534.889103] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare.part.0+0x18c/0x370
[ 534.889117] __run_timers.part.0+0x539/0x8b0
[ 534.889123] ? ath11k_dp_rx_process_mon_rings+0x520/0x520 [ath11k]
[ 534.889157] ? call_timer_fn+0x4a0/0x4a0
[ 534.889164] ? mark_lock_irq+0x1c30/0x1c30
[ 534.889173] ? clockevents_program_event+0xdd/0x280
[ 534.889189] ? mark_held_locks+0xa5/0xe0
[ 534.889203] run_timer_softirq+0x97/0x180
[ 534.889213] __do_softirq+0x276/0x86a
[ 534.889230] __irq_exit_rcu+0x11c/0x180
[ 534.889238] irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20
[ 534.889244] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x8e/0xc0
[ 534.889251] </IRQ>
[ 534.889254] <TASK>
[ 534.889259] asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20
[ 534.889265] RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x38/0x70
[ 534.889271] Code: 74 24 10 e8 ea c2 bf fd 48 89 ef e8 12 53 c0 fd 81 e3 00 02 00 00 75 25 9c 58 f6 c4 02 75 2d 48 85 db 74 01 fb bf 01 00 00 00 <e8> 13 a7 b5 fd 65 8b 05 cc d9 9c 5e 85 c0 74 0a 5b 5d c3 e8 a0 ee
[ 534.889276] RSP: 0018:ffffc90002e5f880 EFLAGS: 00000206
[ 534.889284] RAX: 0000000000000006 RBX: 0000000000000200 RCX: ffffffff9f256f10
[ 534.889289] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffa1c6e420 RDI: 0000000000000001
[ 534.889293] RBP: ffff8881095e6200 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffffffa40d2b8f
[ 534.889298] R10: fffffbfff481a571 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff8881095e6e68
[ 534.889302] R13: ffffc90002e5f908 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 534.889316] ? mark_lock+0xd0/0x14a0
[ 534.889332] klist_next+0x1d4/0x450
[ 534.889340] ? dpm_wait_for_subordinate+0x2d0/0x2d0
[ 534.889350] device_for_each_child+0xa8/0x140
[ 534.889360] ? device_remove_class_symlinks+0x1b0/0x1b0
[ 534.889370] ? __lock_release+0x4bd/0x9f0
[ 534.889378] ? dpm_suspend+0x26b/0x3f0
[ 534.889390] dpm_wait_for_subordinate+
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.17 5.17.2

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 5.17.3-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.17.3-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.17.3-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 perf +29 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 RHSA-2022:8267
RHEL 8 perf +26 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8 RHSA-2022:7683
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_25 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1

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