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CVE-2022-49519

ath10k: skip ath10k_halt during suspend for driver state RESTARTING

Severity Score

5.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ath10k: skip ath10k_halt during suspend for driver state RESTARTING Double free crash is observed when FW recovery(caused by wmi
timeout/crash) is followed by immediate suspend event. The FW recovery
is triggered by ath10k_core_restart() which calls driver clean up via
ath10k_halt(). When the suspend event occurs between the FW recovery,
the restart worker thread is put into frozen state until suspend completes.
The suspend event triggers ath10k_stop() which again triggers ath10k_halt()
The double invocation of ath10k_halt() causes ath10k_htt_rx_free() to be
called twice(Note: ath10k_htt_rx_alloc was not called by restart worker
thread because of its frozen state), causing the crash. To fix this, during the suspend flow, skip call to ath10k_halt() in
ath10k_stop() when the current driver state is ATH10K_STATE_RESTARTING.
Also, for driver state ATH10K_STATE_RESTARTING, call
ath10k_wait_for_suspend() in ath10k_stop(). This is because call to
ath10k_wait_for_suspend() is skipped later in
[ath10k_halt() > ath10k_core_stop()] for the driver state
ATH10K_STATE_RESTARTING. The frozen restart worker thread will be cancelled during resume when the
device comes out of suspend. Below is the crash stack for reference: [ 428.469167] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 428.469180] kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:4150!
[ 428.469193] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ 428.469219] Workqueue: events_unbound async_run_entry_fn
[ 428.469230] RIP: 0010:kfree+0x319/0x31b
[ 428.469241] RSP: 0018:ffffa1fac015fc30 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 428.469247] RAX: ffffedb10419d108 RBX: ffff8c05262b0000
[ 428.469252] RDX: ffff8c04a8c07000 RSI: 0000000000000000
[ 428.469256] RBP: ffffa1fac015fc78 R08: 0000000000000000
[ 428.469276] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 428.469285] Call Trace:
[ 428.469295] ? dma_free_attrs+0x5f/0x7d
[ 428.469320] ath10k_core_stop+0x5b/0x6f
[ 428.469336] ath10k_halt+0x126/0x177
[ 428.469352] ath10k_stop+0x41/0x7e
[ 428.469387] drv_stop+0x88/0x10e
[ 428.469410] __ieee80211_suspend+0x297/0x411
[ 428.469441] rdev_suspend+0x6e/0xd0
[ 428.469462] wiphy_suspend+0xb1/0x105
[ 428.469483] ? name_show+0x2d/0x2d
[ 428.469490] dpm_run_callback+0x8c/0x126
[ 428.469511] ? name_show+0x2d/0x2d
[ 428.469517] __device_suspend+0x2e7/0x41b
[ 428.469523] async_suspend+0x1f/0x93
[ 428.469529] async_run_entry_fn+0x3d/0xd1
[ 428.469535] process_one_work+0x1b1/0x329
[ 428.469541] worker_thread+0x213/0x372
[ 428.469547] kthread+0x150/0x15f
[ 428.469552] ? pr_cont_work+0x58/0x58
[ 428.469558] ? kthread_blkcg+0x31/0x31 Tested-on: QCA6174 hw3.2 PCI WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00288-QCARMSWPZ-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ath10k: skip ath10k_halt during suspend for driver state RESTARTING Double free crash is observed when FW recovery(caused by wmi timeout/crash) is followed by immediate suspend event. The FW recovery is triggered by ath10k_core_restart() which calls driver clean up via ath10k_halt(). When the suspend event occurs between the FW recovery, the restart worker thread is put into frozen state until suspend completes. The suspend event triggers ath10k_stop() which again triggers ath10k_halt() The double invocation of ath10k_halt() causes ath10k_htt_rx_free() to be called twice(Note: ath10k_htt_rx_alloc was not called by restart worker thread because of its frozen state), causing the crash. To fix this, during the suspend flow, skip call to ath10k_halt() in ath10k_stop() when the current driver state is ATH10K_STATE_RESTARTING. Also, for driver state ATH10K_STATE_RESTARTING, call ath10k_wait_for_suspend() in ath10k_stop(). This is because call to ath10k_wait_for_suspend() is skipped later in [ath10k_halt() > ath10k_core_stop()] for the driver state ATH10K_STATE_RESTARTING. The frozen restart worker thread will be cancelled during resume when the device comes out of suspend. Below is the crash stack for reference: [ 428.469167] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 428.469180] kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:4150! [ 428.469193] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 428.469219] Workqueue: events_unbound async_run_entry_fn [ 428.469230] RIP: 0010:kfree+0x319/0x31b [ 428.469241] RSP: 0018:ffffa1fac015fc30 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 428.469247] RAX: ffffedb10419d108 RBX: ffff8c05262b0000 [ 428.469252] RDX: ffff8c04a8c07000 RSI: 0000000000000000 [ 428.469256] RBP: ffffa1fac015fc78 R08: 0000000000000000 [ 428.469276] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 428.469285] Call Trace: [ 428.469295] ? dma_free_attrs+0x5f/0x7d [ 428.469320] ath10k_core_stop+0x5b/0x6f [ 428.469336] ath10k_halt+0x126/0x177 [ 428.469352] ath10k_stop+0x41/0x7e [ 428.469387] drv_stop+0x88/0x10e [ 428.469410] __ieee80211_suspend+0x297/0x411 [ 428.469441] rdev_suspend+0x6e/0xd0 [ 428.469462] wiphy_suspend+0xb1/0x105 [ 428.469483] ? name_show+0x2d/0x2d [ 428.469490] dpm_run_callback+0x8c/0x126 [ 428.469511] ? name_show+0x2d/0x2d [ 428.469517] __device_suspend+0x2e7/0x41b [ 428.469523] async_suspend+0x1f/0x93 [ 428.469529] async_run_entry_fn+0x3d/0xd1 [ 428.469535] process_one_work+0x1b1/0x329 [ 428.469541] worker_thread+0x213/0x372 [ 428.469547] kthread+0x150/0x15f [ 428.469552] ? pr_cont_work+0x58/0x58 [ 428.469558] ? kthread_blkcg+0x31/0x31 Tested-on: QCA6174 hw3.2 PCI WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00288-QCARMSWPZ-1

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CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
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Timeline
  • 2025-02-26 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-02-26 CVE Published
  • 2025-02-26 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
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