Description

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

wifi: ath12k: fix htt mlo-offset event locking

The ath12k active pdevs are protected by RCU but the htt mlo-offset
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 an RCU read-side critical section to avoid
any potential use-after-free issues.

Compile tested only.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2023-52769

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.06% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d908ca431e20b0e4bfc5d911d1744910ed779bdb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afd3425bd69610f318403084fe491e24a1357fb9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6afc57ea315e0f660b1f870a681737bb7b71faef

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