CVE-2023-52776
kernel: wifi: ath12k: fix dfs-radar and temperature event locking
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 21, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath12k: fix dfs-radar and temperature event locking
The ath12k active pdevs are protected by RCU but the DFS-radar and temperature event handling code calling ath12k_mac_get_ar_by_pdev_id() was not marked as a read-side critical section.
Mark the code in question as RCU read-side critical sections to avoid any potential use-after-free issues.
Note that the temperature event handler looks like a place holder currently but would still trigger an RCU lockdep splat.
Compile tested only.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-416 · Use After Free