CVE-2023-53717

wifi: ath9k: Fix potential stack-out-of-bounds write in ath9k_wmi_rsp_callback()

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Published: October 22, 2025 at 01:23 PM UTC
Updated: October 28, 2026 at 07:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
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Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: Fix potential stack-out-of-bounds write in ath9k_wmi_rsp_callback() Fix a stack-out-of-bounds write that occurs in a WMI response callback function that is called after a timeout occurs in ath9k_wmi_cmd(). The callback writes to wmi->cmd_rsp_buf, a stack-allocated buffer that could no longer be valid when a timeout occurs. Set wmi->last_seq_id to 0 when a timeout occurred. Found by a modified version of syzkaller. BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx Write of size 4 Call Trace: memcpy ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx ath9k_htc_rx_msg ath9k_hif_usb_reg_in_cb __usb_hcd_giveback_urb usb_hcd_giveback_urb dummy_timer call_timer_fn run_timer_softirq __do_softirq irq_exit_rcu sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2.6.35fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08
Vendor states this is fixed in 1af7eacfad45149c54893a8a9df9e92ef89f0a90 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 554048a72d7ecfdd58cc1bfb56e0a1864e64e82c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 78b56b0a613a87b61290b95be497fdfe2fe58aa6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 89a33c3c847b19b19205cde1d924df2a6c70d8eb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8a2f35b9830692f7a616f2f627f943bc748af13a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8f28513d9520184059530c01a9f928a1b3809d3f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ae4933b4f17de8e2b7ff6f91b17d3b0099a6d6bc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bf6dc175a2b53098a69db1236d9d53982f4b1bc0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.35 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.14.308 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.276 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.173 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.99 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.235 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3 (unaffected)

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