CVE-2025-38606

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: Avoid accessing uninitialized arvif->ar during beacon miss During beacon miss handling, ath12k driver iterates over active virtual interfaces (vifs) and attempts to access the radio object (ar) via arvif->deflink->ar. However, after commit aa80f12f3bed ("wifi: ath12k: defer vdev creation for MLO"), arvif is linked to a radio only after vdev creation, typically when a channel is assigned or a scan is requested. For P2P capable devices, a default P2P interface is created by wpa_supplicant along with regular station interfaces, these serve as dummy interfaces for P2P-capable stations, lack an associated netdev and initiate frequent scans to discover neighbor p2p devices. When a scan is initiated on such P2P vifs, driver selects destination radio (ar) based on scan frequency, creates a scan vdev, and attaches arvif to the radio. Once the scan completes or is aborted, the scan vdev is deleted, detaching arvif from the radio and leaving arvif->ar uninitialized. While handling beacon miss for station interfaces, P2P interface is also encountered in the vif iteration and ath12k_mac_handle_beacon_miss_iter() tries to dereference the uninitialized arvif->deflink->ar. Fix this by verifying that vdev is created for the arvif before accessing its ar during beacon miss handling and similar vif iterator callbacks. ========================================================================== wlp6s0: detected beacon loss from AP (missed 7 beacons) - probing KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000010-0x0000000000000017] CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/5 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1-wt-ath+ #2 PREEMPT(full) RIP: 0010:ath12k_mac_handle_beacon_miss_iter+0xb5/0x1a0 [ath12k] Call Trace: __iterate_interfaces+0x11a/0x410 [mac80211] ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic+0x61/0x140 [mac80211] ath12k_mac_handle_beacon_miss+0xa1/0xf0 [ath12k] ath12k_roam_event+0x393/0x560 [ath12k] ath12k_wmi_op_rx+0x1486/0x28c0 [ath12k] ath12k_htc_process_trailer.isra.0+0x2fb/0x620 [ath12k] ath12k_htc_rx_completion_handler+0x448/0x830 [ath12k] ath12k_ce_recv_process_cb+0x549/0x9e0 [ath12k] ath12k_ce_per_engine_service+0xbe/0xf0 [ath12k] ath12k_pci_ce_workqueue+0x69/0x120 [ath12k] process_one_work+0xe3a/0x1430 Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.4.1-00199-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1 Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.1.c5-00284.1-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3
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20 Aug 2025, 14:40

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  • (es) En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: wifi: ath12k: Evitar el acceso arvif->ar no inicializado durante un fallo de baliza. Durante la gestión de fallos de baliza, el controlador ath12k itera sobre interfaces virtuales activas (VIF) e intenta acceder al objeto de radio (AR) mediante arvif->deflink->ar. Sin embargo, tras el commit aa80f12f3bed ("wifi: ath12k: aplazar la creación de VDEV para MLO"), arvif se vincula a una radio solo después de la creación de VDEV, normalmente cuando se asigna un canal o se solicita un escaneo. Para dispositivos con capacidad P2P, wpa_supplicant crea una interfaz P2P predeterminada junto con las interfaces de estación normales. Estas sirven como interfaces ficticias para estaciones con capacidad P2P, carecen de un netdev asociado e inician escaneos frecuentes para descubrir dispositivos P2P vecinos. Al iniciar un escaneo en estos vifs P2P, el controlador selecciona la radio de destino (ar) según su frecuencia, crea un vdev de escaneo y asocia el arvif a la radio. Una vez que el escaneo se completa o se aborta, el vdev de escaneo se elimina, desconectando el arvif de la radio y dejando el archivo arvif->ar sin inicializar. Al gestionar fallos de baliza para las interfaces de estación, también se encuentra la interfaz P2P en la iteración del vif y ath12k_mac_handle_beacon_miss_iter() intenta desreferenciar el archivo arvif->deflink->ar sin inicializar. Para solucionar esto, verifique que el vdev se haya creado para el arvif antes de acceder a su ar durante la gestión de fallos de baliza y devoluciones de llamada similares del iterador vif. ============================================================================ wlp6s0: se detectó pérdida de baliza del AP (7 balizas perdidas) - sondeando KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000010-0x0000000000000017] CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/5 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1-wt-ath+ #2 PREEMPT(full) RIP: 0010:ath12k_mac_handle_beacon_miss_iter+0xb5/0x1a0 [ath12k] Call Trace: __iterate_interfaces+0x11a/0x410 [mac80211] ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic+0x61/0x140 [mac80211] ath12k_mac_handle_beacon_miss+0xa1/0xf0 [ath12k] ath12k_roam_event+0x393/0x560 [ath12k] ath12k_wmi_op_rx+0x1486/0x28c0 [ath12k] ath12k_htc_process_trailer.isra.0+0x2fb/0x620 [ath12k] ath12k_htc_rx_completion_handler+0x448/0x830 [ath12k] ath12k_ce_recv_process_cb+0x549/0x9e0 [ath12k] ath12k_ce_per_engine_service+0xbe/0xf0 [ath12k] ath12k_pci_ce_workqueue+0x69/0x120 [ath12k] process_one_work+0xe3a/0x1430 Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.4.1-00199-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1 Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.1.c5-00284.1-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3

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Published : 2025-08-19 17:15

Updated : 2025-08-20 14:40


NVD link : CVE-2025-38606

Mitre link : CVE-2025-38606

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38606


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