Description

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

wifi: ath11k: fix gtk offload status event locking

The ath11k active pdevs are protected by RCU but the gtk offload status
event handling code calling ath11k_mac_get_arvif_by_vdev_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-2023-52777

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/0cf7577b6b3153b4b49deea9719fe43f96469c6d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf9c7d783a2bf9305df4ef5b93d9063a52e18fca
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e83246ecd3b193f8d91fce778e8a5ba747fc7d8a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dea3c0720a146bd7193969f2847ccfed5be2221

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