CVE-2024-56607

wifi: ath12k: fix atomic calls in ath12k_mac_op_set_bitrate_mask()

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 27, 2024 at 02:51 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:12 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix atomic calls in ath12k_mac_op_set_bitrate_mask() When I try to manually set bitrates: iw wlan0 set bitrates legacy-2.4 1 I get sleeping from invalid context error, see below. Fix that by switching to use recently introduced ieee80211_iterate_stations_mtx(). Do note that WCN6855 firmware is still crashing, I'm not sure if that firmware even supports bitrate WMI commands and should we consider disabling ath12k_mac_op_set_bitrate_mask() for WCN6855? But that's for another patch. BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c:420 in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 2236, name: iw preempt_count: 0, expected: 0 RCU nest depth: 1, expected: 0 3 locks held by iw/2236: #0: ffffffffabc6f1d8 (cb_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: genl_rcv+0x14/0x40 #1: ffff888138410810 (&rdev->wiphy.mtx){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nl80211_pre_doit+0x54d/0x800 [cfg80211] #2: ffffffffab2cfaa0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: ieee80211_iterate_stations_atomic+0x2f/0x200 [mac80211] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 2236 Comm: iw Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7-wt-ath+ #1772 Hardware name: Intel(R) Client Systems NUC8i7HVK/NUC8i7HVB, BIOS HNKBLi70.86A.0067.2021.0528.1339 05/28/2021 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0xa4/0xe0 dump_stack+0x10/0x20 __might_resched+0x363/0x5a0 ? __alloc_skb+0x165/0x340 __might_sleep+0xad/0x160 ath12k_wmi_cmd_send+0xb1/0x3d0 [ath12k] ? ath12k_wmi_init_wcn7850+0xa40/0xa40 [ath12k] ? __netdev_alloc_skb+0x45/0x7b0 ? __asan_memset+0x39/0x40 ? ath12k_wmi_alloc_skb+0xf0/0x150 [ath12k] ? reacquire_held_locks+0x4d0/0x4d0 ath12k_wmi_set_peer_param+0x340/0x5b0 [ath12k] ath12k_mac_disable_peer_fixed_rate+0xa3/0x110 [ath12k] ? ath12k_mac_vdev_stop+0x4f0/0x4f0 [ath12k] ieee80211_iterate_stations_atomic+0xd4/0x200 [mac80211] ath12k_mac_op_set_bitrate_mask+0x5d2/0x1080 [ath12k] ? ath12k_mac_vif_chan+0x320/0x320 [ath12k] drv_set_bitrate_mask+0x267/0x470 [mac80211] ieee80211_set_bitrate_mask+0x4cc/0x8a0 [mac80211] ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20 nl80211_set_tx_bitrate_mask+0x2bc/0x530 [cfg80211] ? nl80211_parse_tx_bitrate_mask+0x2320/0x2320 [cfg80211] ? trace_contention_end+0xef/0x140 ? rtnl_unlock+0x9/0x10 ? nl80211_pre_doit+0x557/0x800 [cfg80211] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x1f0/0x2e0 ? genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse.isra.0+0x250/0x250 ? ns_capable+0x57/0xd0 genl_family_rcv_msg+0x34c/0x600 ? genl_family_rcv_msg_dumpit+0x310/0x310 ? __lock_acquire+0xc62/0x1de0 ? he_set_mcs_mask.isra.0+0x8d0/0x8d0 [cfg80211] ? nl80211_parse_tx_bitrate_mask+0x2320/0x2320 [cfg80211] ? cfg80211_external_auth_request+0x690/0x690 [cfg80211] genl_rcv_msg+0xa0/0x130 netlink_rcv_skb+0x14c/0x400 ? genl_family_rcv_msg+0x600/0x600 ? netlink_ack+0xd70/0xd70 ? rwsem_optimistic_spin+0x4f0/0x4f0 ? genl_rcv+0x14/0x40 ? down_read_killable+0x580/0x580 ? netlink_deliver_tap+0x13e/0x350 ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20 genl_rcv+0x23/0x40 netlink_unicast+0x45e/0x790 ? netlink_attachskb+0x7f0/0x7f0 netlink_sendmsg+0x7eb/0xdb0 ? netlink_unicast+0x790/0x790 ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20 ? selinux_socket_sendmsg+0x31/0x40 ? netlink_unicast+0x790/0x790 __sock_sendmsg+0xc9/0x160 ____sys_sendmsg+0x620/0x990 ? kernel_sendmsg+0x30/0x30 ? __copy_msghdr+0x410/0x410 ? __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x20 ? mark_lock+0xe6/0x1470 ___sys_sendmsg+0xe9/0x170 ? copy_msghdr_from_user+0x120/0x120 ? __lock_acquire+0xc62/0x1de0 ? do_fault_around+0x2c6/0x4e0 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x8c1/0xde0 ? reacquire_held_locks+0x220/0x4d0 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x8c1/0xde0 ? __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x20 ? __fdget+0x4e/0x1d0 ? sockfd_lookup_light+0x1a/0x170 __sys_sendmsg+0xd2/0x180 ? __sys_sendmsg_sock+0x20/0x20 ? reacquire_held_locks+0x4d0/0x4d0 ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x72/0xb0 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x7d/0x100 x64_sys_call+0x894/0x9f0 do_syscall_64+0x64/0x130 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_ ---truncated---

Affected

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

6.3 ≤ v < 6.12.56.3 ≤ v < 6.136.3 ≤ v < 6.6.706.7 ≤ v < 6.12.56.3d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2
Vendor states this is fixed in 2093f062b26805789b73f2af214691475d9baa29 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3ed6b2daa4e9029987885f86835ffbc003d11c01 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8fac3266c68a8e647240b8ac8d0b82f1821edf85 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.70 (unaffected)

References (3)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2093f062b26805789b73f2af214691475d9baa29
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ed6b2daa4e9029987885f86835ffbc003d11c01
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fac3266c68a8e647240b8ac8d0b82f1821edf85

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
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