5.5

CVE-2026-46248

wifi: ath12k: clear stale link mapping of ahvif->links_map

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

wifi: ath12k: clear stale link mapping of ahvif->links_map

When an arvif is initialized in non-AP STA mode but MLO connection
preparation fails before the arvif is created
(arvif->is_created remains false), the error path attempts to delete all
links. However, link deletion only executes when arvif->is_created is true.
As a result, ahvif retains a stale entry of arvif that is initialized but
not created.

When a new arvif is initialized with the same link id, this stale mapping
triggers the following WARN_ON.

WARNING: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c:4271 at ath12k_mac_op_change_vif_links+0x140/0x180 [ath12k], CPU#3: wpa_supplicant/275

Call trace:
 ath12k_mac_op_change_vif_links+0x140/0x180 [ath12k] (P)
 drv_change_vif_links+0xbc/0x1a4 [mac80211]
 ieee80211_vif_update_links+0x54c/0x6a0 [mac80211]
 ieee80211_vif_set_links+0x40/0x70 [mac80211]
 ieee80211_prep_connection+0x84/0x450 [mac80211]
 ieee80211_mgd_auth+0x200/0x480 [mac80211]
 ieee80211_auth+0x14/0x20 [mac80211]
 cfg80211_mlme_auth+0x90/0xf0 [cfg80211]
 nl80211_authenticate+0x32c/0x380 [cfg80211]
 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xc8/0x134

Fix this issue by unassigning the link vif and clearing ahvif->links_map
if arvif is only initialized but not created.

Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.5-01651-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.15 < 6.18.14
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 6.19.4
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Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.12% 0.022
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da289440f04c93048d82d293b180f1cacdfee2d9
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acd8319e834be6790e449701cb6df0f636801977
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c1ba9c2adf0fda96eaaebd8799268a7506a8fc9
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