CVE-2022-49533

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

ath11k: Change max no of active probe SSID and BSSID to fw capability

The maximum number of SSIDs in a for active probe requests is currently reported as 16 (WLAN_SCAN_PARAMS_MAX_SSID) when registering the driver. The scan_req_params structure only has the capacity to hold 10 SSIDs. This leads to a buffer overflow which can be triggered from wpa_supplicant in userspace. When copying the SSIDs into the scan_req_params structure in the ath11k_mac_op_hw_scan route, it can overwrite the extraie pointer.

Firmware supports 16 ssid * 4 bssid, for each ssid 4 bssid combo probe request will be sent, so totally 64 probe requests supported. So set both max ssid and bssid to 16 and 4 respectively. Remove the redundant macros of ssid and bssid.

Tested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01300-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

This vulnerability presents limited operational risk to Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments because enterprise server installations rarely utilize Qualcomm wireless hardware. Exploitation requires local access with privileges to issue crafted active probe scan requests through wireless management utilities like wpa_supplicant, potentially resulting in kernel memory corruption or a denial of service. Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases are not affected because the vulnerable driver logic is not present in their shipping kernels.