CVE-2024-27053

wifi: wilc1000: fix RCU usage in connect path

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 1, 2024 at 12:54 PM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 01:17 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsLinux KernelDebian LinuxSIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wilc1000: fix RCU usage in connect path With lockdep enabled, calls to the connect function from cfg802.11 layer lead to the following warning: ============================= WARNING: suspicious RCU usage 6.7.0-rc1-wt+ #333 Not tainted ----------------------------- drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.c:386 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! [...] stack backtrace: CPU: 0 PID: 100 Comm: wpa_supplicant Not tainted 6.7.0-rc1-wt+ #333 Hardware name: Atmel SAMA5 unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x18/0x1c show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x48 dump_stack_lvl from wilc_parse_join_bss_param+0x7dc/0x7f4 wilc_parse_join_bss_param from connect+0x2c4/0x648 connect from cfg80211_connect+0x30c/0xb74 cfg80211_connect from nl80211_connect+0x860/0xa94 nl80211_connect from genl_rcv_msg+0x3fc/0x59c genl_rcv_msg from netlink_rcv_skb+0xd0/0x1f8 netlink_rcv_skb from genl_rcv+0x2c/0x3c genl_rcv from netlink_unicast+0x3b0/0x550 netlink_unicast from netlink_sendmsg+0x368/0x688 netlink_sendmsg from ____sys_sendmsg+0x190/0x430 ____sys_sendmsg from ___sys_sendmsg+0x110/0x158 ___sys_sendmsg from sys_sendmsg+0xe8/0x150 sys_sendmsg from ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c This warning is emitted because in the connect path, when trying to parse target BSS parameters, we dereference a RCU pointer whithout being in RCU critical section. Fix RCU dereference usage by moving it to a RCU read critical section. To avoid wrapping the whole wilc_parse_join_bss_param under the critical section, just use the critical section to copy ies data

Affected

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

5.1 ≤ v < 5.4.2735.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1535.16 ≤ v < 6.1.835.5 ≤ v < 5.10.2146.2 ≤ v < 6.6.236.7 ≤ v < 6.7.116.8 ≤ v < 6.8.25.1c460495ee072c460495ee072fc01a9b1e8d72c179510418cafac
Vendor states this is fixed in 205c50306acf (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 205c50306acf58a335eb19fa84e40140f4fe814f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4bfd20d5f5c62b5495d6c0016ee6933bd3add7ce (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5800ec78775c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5800ec78775c0cd646f71eb9bf8402fb794807de (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 745003b5917b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 745003b5917b610352f52fe0d11ef658d6471ec2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b4bbf38c350a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b4bbf38c350acb6500cbe667b1e2e68f896e4b38 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d80fc436751c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d80fc436751cfa6b02a8eda74eb6cce7dadfe5a2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dd50d3ead6e3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dd50d3ead6e3707bb0a5df7cc832730c93ace3a7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e556006de4ea (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e556006de4ea93abe2b46cba202a2556c544b8b2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.214 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.153 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.273 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.83 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.23 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.9 (unaffected)

References (10)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/205c50306acf58a335eb19fa84e40140f4fe814f
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bfd20d5f5c62b5495d6c0016ee6933bd3add7ce
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5800ec78775c0cd646f71eb9bf8402fb794807de
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/745003b5917b610352f52fe0d11ef658d6471ec2
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4bbf38c350acb6500cbe667b1e2e68f896e4b38
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d80fc436751cfa6b02a8eda74eb6cce7dadfe5a2
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd50d3ead6e3707bb0a5df7cc832730c93ace3a7
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e556006de4ea93abe2b46cba202a2556c544b8b2

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CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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