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CVE-2025-37944: wifi: ath12k: Fix invalid entry fetch in ath12k_dp_mon_srng_process

Description

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

wifi: ath12k: Fix invalid entry fetch in ath12k_dp_mon_srng_process

Currently, ath12k_dp_mon_srng_process uses ath12k_hal_srng_src_get_next_entry
to fetch the next entry from the destination ring. This is incorrect because
ath12k_hal_srng_src_get_next_entry is intended for source rings, not destination
rings. This leads to invalid entry fetches, causing potential data corruption or
crashes due to accessing incorrect memory locations. This happens because the
source ring and destination ring have different handling mechanisms and using
the wrong function results in incorrect pointer arithmetic and ring management.

To fix this issue, replace the call to ath12k_hal_srng_src_get_next_entry with
ath12k_hal_srng_dst_get_next_entry in ath12k_dp_mon_srng_process. This ensures
that the correct function is used for fetching entries from the destination
ring, preventing invalid memory accesses.

Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.3.1-00173-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 WLAN.HMT.1.0.c5-00481-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-37944

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 4.72% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-18 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37944
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c512f2eadabb1e80816116894ffaf7d802a944e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab7edf42ce800eb34d2f73dd7271b826661a06a5
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6a3b2b2cead103089d3bb7a57d8209bdfa5399d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/298f0aea5cb32b5038f991f5db201a0fcbb9a31b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63fdc4509bcf483e79548de6bc08bf3c8e504bb3

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