7.5

CVE-2026-64175

wifi: iwlwifi: mld: stop TX during firmware restart

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

wifi: iwlwifi: mld: stop TX during firmware restart

When iwlwifi firmware crashes (e.g., NMI_INTERRUPT_UNKNOWN on Intel
BE201/Wi-Fi 7), iwl_mld_nic_error() sets mld->fw_status.in_hw_restart
to true. However, iwl_mld_tx_from_txq() does not check this flag before
dequeuing frames from mac80211 and pushing them to the transport layer.

Since the firmware is dead, iwl_trans_tx() returns -EIO for each frame,
which then gets freed immediately. Under high-throughput conditions
(e.g., Tailscale UDP traffic or active SSH sessions), this creates a
tight dequeue-send-fail-free loop that wastes CPU cycles and generates
rapid skb allocation churn, leading to memory pressure from slab
fragmentation.

The RX path already has this guard (iwl_mld_rx_mpdu checks
in_hw_restart at rx.c:1906), and so does the TXQ allocation worker
(iwl_mld_add_txqs_wk at tx.c:156). Add the same guard to
iwl_mld_tx_from_txq() to stop all TX during firmware restart.

Frames left in mac80211's TXQs are naturally drained after restart
completes, when queue reallocation triggers iwl_mld_tx_from_txq()
via iwl_mld_add_txq_list(), or when new upper-layer traffic invokes
wake_tx_queue.

Tested on ASUS Zenbook 14 UX3405CA with Intel BE201 (Wi-Fi 7) on
kernel 6.19.5 where the firmware crashes approximately every 10-15
minutes under Tailscale traffic.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.15 < 6.18.34
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 7.0.11
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.1 Updaterc1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.1 Updaterc2
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.1 Updaterc3
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.1 Updaterc4
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.35% 0.274
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 7.5 3.9 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc31c69476520bb4c2a208211a8d3c310a62c4d0
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13f1786395dbbf3df73337063c798f1266be6151
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2becb38a3e217ef2b2f42fddd7db7a25905ec291
Patch