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CVE-2023-53199

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

wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: clean up skbs if ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() fails

Syzkaller detected a memory leak of skbs in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream().
While processing skbs in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream(), the already allocated
skbs in skb_pool are not freed if ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() fails. If we
have an incorrect pkt_len or pkt_tag, the input skb is considered invalid
and dropped. All the associated packets already in skb_pool should be
dropped and freed. Added a comment describing this issue.

The patch also makes remain_skb NULL after being processed so that it
cannot be referenced after potential free. The initialization of hif_dev
fields which are associated with remain_skb (rx_remain_len,
rx_transfer_len and rx_pad_len) is moved after a new remain_skb is
allocated.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

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VendorLinux
Product Linux
Default Statusunaffected
Version < 3fc6401fafde11712a83089fa2cc874cfd10e2cd
Version 44b23b488d44e56d467764ecb661830e5b02b308
Status affected
Version < cd8316767099920a5d41feed1afab0c482a43e9f
Version 44b23b488d44e56d467764ecb661830e5b02b308
Status affected
Version < f26dd69f61eff2eedf5df2d199bdd23108309947
Version 44b23b488d44e56d467764ecb661830e5b02b308
Status affected
Version < 61490d2710277e8a55009b7682456ae22f8087cf
Version 44b23b488d44e56d467764ecb661830e5b02b308
Status affected
Version < 9acdec72787af1bc8ed92711b52118c8e3e638a2
Version 44b23b488d44e56d467764ecb661830e5b02b308
Status affected
Version < c766e37fccd5a5c5059be7efcd9618bf8a2c17c3
Version 44b23b488d44e56d467764ecb661830e5b02b308
Status affected
Version < 0af54343a76263a12dbae7fafb64eb47c4a6ad38
Version 44b23b488d44e56d467764ecb661830e5b02b308
Status affected
VendorLinux
Product Linux
Default Statusaffected
Version 2.6.38
Status affected
Version < 2.6.38
Version 0
Status unaffected
Version <= 4.19.*
Version 4.19.276
Status unaffected
Version <= 5.4.*
Version 5.4.235
Status unaffected
Version <= 5.10.*
Version 5.10.173
Status unaffected
Version <= 5.15.*
Version 5.15.99
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.1.*
Version 6.1.16
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.2.*
Version 6.2.3
Status unaffected
Version <= *
Version 6.3
Status unaffected
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.03% 0.078
CVSS Metriken
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