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CVE-2023-52829

kernel: wifi: ath12k: fix possible out-of-bound write in ath12k_wmi_ext_hal_reg_caps()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 21, 2024

Updated · August 5, 2026

Description

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

wifi: ath12k: fix possible out-of-bound write in ath12k_wmi_ext_hal_reg_caps()

reg_cap.phy_id is extracted from WMI event and could be an unexpected value in case some errors happen. As a result out-of-bound write may occur to soc->hal_reg_cap. Fix it by validating reg_cap.phy_id before using it.

This is found during code review.

Compile tested only.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write