CVE-2023-52800
kernel: wifi: ath11k: fix htt pktlog locking
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 21, 2024
Updated · October 31, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath11k: fix htt pktlog locking
The ath11k active pdevs are protected by RCU but the htt pktlog handling code calling ath11k_mac_get_ar_by_pdev_id() was not marked as a read-side critical section.
Mark the code in question as an RCU read-side critical section to avoid any potential use-after-free issues.
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-413 · Improper Resource Locking