wifi: ath9k: Fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_disconnect(… (CVE-2022-50881)

Summary

wifi: ath9k: Fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_disconnect()

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ath9k: Fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_disconnect()

This patch fixes a use-after-free in ath9k that occurs in
ath9k_hif_usb_disconnect() when ath9k_destroy_wmi() is trying to access
'drv_priv' that has already been freed by ieee80211_free_hw(), called by
ath9k_htc_hw_deinit(). The patch moves ath9k_destroy_wmi() before
ieee80211_free_hw(). Note that urbs from the driver should be killed
before freeing 'wmi' with ath9k_destroy_wmi() as their callbacks will
access 'wmi'.

Found by a modified version of syzkaller.

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BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ath9k_destroy_wmi+0x38/0x40
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881069132a0 by task kworker/0:1/7

CPU: 0 PID: 7 Comm: kworker/0:1 Tainted: G O 5.14.0+ #131
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x8e/0xd1
print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x93/0x334
? ath9k_destroy_wmi+0x38/0x40
? ath9k_destroy_wmi+0x38/0x40
kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf
? ath9k_destroy_wmi+0x38/0x40
ath9k_destroy_wmi+0x38/0x40
ath9k_hif_usb_disconnect+0x329/0x3f0
? ath9k_hif_usb_suspend+0x120/0x120
? usb_disable_interface+0xfc/0x180
usb_unbind_interface+0x19b/0x7e0
? usb_autoresume_device+0x50/0x50
device_release_driver_internal+0x44d/0x520
bus_remove_device+0x2e5/0x5a0
device_d…

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Affected packages

Linux Kernel

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.8.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.173"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.99"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.16"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.2.3"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50881 linux Fixed in: 5.10.178-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50881 linux

Summary

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Affected packages

Fix status by distribution

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