ghsa-3w7q-wchx-rf5p
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-03-18 21:32
Modified
2025-03-18 21:32
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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

ath9k_htc: fix uninit value bugs

Syzbot reported 2 KMSAN bugs in ath9k. All of them are caused by missing field initialization.

In htc_connect_service() svc_meta_len and pad are not initialized. Based on code it looks like in current skb there is no service data, so simply initialize svc_meta_len to 0.

htc_issue_send() does not initialize htc_frame_hdr::control array. Based on firmware code, it will initialize it by itself, so simply zero whole array to make KMSAN happy

Fail logs:

BUG: KMSAN: kernel-usb-infoleak in usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430 usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430 hif_usb_send_regout drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:127 [inline] hif_usb_send+0x5f0/0x16f0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:479 htc_issue_send drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:34 [inline] htc_connect_service+0x143e/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:275 ...

Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:524 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3251 [inline] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xe0c/0x1510 mm/slub.c:4974 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:354 [inline] __alloc_skb+0x545/0xf90 net/core/skbuff.c:426 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1126 [inline] htc_connect_service+0x1029/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:258 ...

Bytes 4-7 of 18 are uninitialized Memory access of size 18 starts at ffff888027377e00

BUG: KMSAN: kernel-usb-infoleak in usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430 usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430 hif_usb_send_regout drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:127 [inline] hif_usb_send+0x5f0/0x16f0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:479 htc_issue_send drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:34 [inline] htc_connect_service+0x143e/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:275 ...

Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:524 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3251 [inline] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xe0c/0x1510 mm/slub.c:4974 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:354 [inline] __alloc_skb+0x545/0xf90 net/core/skbuff.c:426 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1126 [inline] htc_connect_service+0x1029/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:258 ...

Bytes 16-17 of 18 are uninitialized Memory access of size 18 starts at ffff888027377e00

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-49235"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-908"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-02-26T07:01:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nath9k_htc: fix uninit value bugs\n\nSyzbot reported 2 KMSAN bugs in ath9k. All of them are caused by missing\nfield initialization.\n\nIn htc_connect_service() svc_meta_len and pad are not initialized. Based\non code it looks like in current skb there is no service data, so simply\ninitialize svc_meta_len to 0.\n\nhtc_issue_send() does not initialize htc_frame_hdr::control array. Based\non firmware code, it will initialize it by itself, so simply zero whole\narray to make KMSAN happy\n\nFail logs:\n\nBUG: KMSAN: kernel-usb-infoleak in usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430\n usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430\n hif_usb_send_regout drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:127 [inline]\n hif_usb_send+0x5f0/0x16f0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:479\n htc_issue_send drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:34 [inline]\n htc_connect_service+0x143e/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:275\n...\n\nUninit was created at:\n slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:524 [inline]\n slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3251 [inline]\n __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xe0c/0x1510 mm/slub.c:4974\n kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:354 [inline]\n __alloc_skb+0x545/0xf90 net/core/skbuff.c:426\n alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1126 [inline]\n htc_connect_service+0x1029/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:258\n...\n\nBytes 4-7 of 18 are uninitialized\nMemory access of size 18 starts at ffff888027377e00\n\nBUG: KMSAN: kernel-usb-infoleak in usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430\n usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430\n hif_usb_send_regout drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:127 [inline]\n hif_usb_send+0x5f0/0x16f0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:479\n htc_issue_send drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:34 [inline]\n htc_connect_service+0x143e/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:275\n...\n\nUninit was created at:\n slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:524 [inline]\n slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3251 [inline]\n __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xe0c/0x1510 mm/slub.c:4974\n kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:354 [inline]\n __alloc_skb+0x545/0xf90 net/core/skbuff.c:426\n alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1126 [inline]\n htc_connect_service+0x1029/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:258\n...\n\nBytes 16-17 of 18 are uninitialized\nMemory access of size 18 starts at ffff888027377e00",
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  "published": "2025-03-18T21:32:00Z",
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}


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