CVE-2025-38290wifi: ath12k: fix node corruption in ar->arvifs list
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix node corruption in ar->arvifs list In current WLAN recovery code flow, ath12k_core_halt() only reinitializes the "arvifs" list head. This will cause the list node immediately following the list head to become an invalid list node. Because the prev of that node still points to the list head "arvifs", but the next of the list head "arvifs" no longer points to that list node. When a WLAN recovery occurs during the execution of a vif removal, and it happens before the spin_lock_bh(&ar->data_lock) in ath12k_mac_vdev_delete(), list_del() will detect the previously mentioned situation, thereby triggering a kernel panic. The fix is to remove and reinitialize all vif list nodes from the list head "arvifs" during WLAN halt. The reinitialization is to make the list nodes valid, ensuring that the list_del() in ath12k_mac_vdev_delete() can execute normally. Call trace: __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0xd4/0x100 (P) ath12k_mac_remove_link_interface.isra.0+0xf8/0x2e4 [ath12k] ath12k_scan_vdev_clean_work+0x40/0x164 [ath12k] cfg80211_wiphy_work+0xfc/0x100 process_one_work+0x164/0x2d0 worker_thread+0x254/0x380 kthread+0xfc/0x100 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 The change is mostly copied from the ath11k patch: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250320053145.3445187-1-quic_stonez@quicinc.com/ Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.4.1-00199-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 15, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 before be049199dec9189602bc06e2c70eda3aa0f2ea6e; from d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 before 6285516170f9e2f04b9dbf1e5100e0d7cbac22b4; from d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 before 6bfe7ae9bbd9734751b853e2d2e1c13e8b46fd2d; from d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 before 823435bd23108d6f8be89ea2d025c0e2e3769c51 | CNA record |
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 6.3 before 6.6.94; from 6.7 before 6.12.34; from 6.13 before 6.15.3 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be049199dec9189602bc06e2c70eda3aa0f2ea6epatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6285516170f9e2f04b9dbf1e5100e0d7cbac22b4patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bfe7ae9bbd9734751b853e2d2e1c13e8b46fd2dpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/823435bd23108d6f8be89ea2d025c0e2e3769c51patch
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