CVE-2021-47194
cfg80211: call cfg80211_stop_ap when switch from P2P_GO type
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cfg80211: call cfg80211_stop_ap when switch from P2P_GO type If the userspace tools switch from NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO to NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC via send_msg(NL80211_CMD_SET_INTERFACE), it does not call the cleanup cfg80211_stop_ap(), this leads to the initialization of in-use data. For example, this path re-init the sdata->assigned_chanctx_list while it is still an element of assigned_vifs list, and makes that linked list corrupt.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0738cdb636c21ab552eaecf905efa4a6070e3ebc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e458abbb4a523f1413bfe15c079cf4e24c15b21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52affc201fc22a1ab9a59ef0ed641a9adfcb8d13
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/563fbefed46ae4c1f70cffb8eb54c02df480b2c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a9b671c8d74a3e1b999e7a0c7f366079bcc93dd
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