In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ath10k: skip ath10k_halt during suspend for driver state RESTARTING
Double free crash is observed when FW recovery(caused by wmi
timeout/crash) is followed by immediate suspend event. The FW recovery
is triggered by ath10k_core_restart() which calls driver clean up via
ath10k_halt(). When the suspend event occurs between the FW recovery,
the restart worker thread is put into frozen state until suspend completes.
The suspend event triggers ath10k_stop() which again triggers ath10k_halt()
The double invocation of ath10k_halt() causes ath10k_htt_rx_free() to be
called twice(Note: ath10k_htt_rx_alloc was not called by restart worker
thread because of its frozen state), causing the crash.
To fix this, during the suspend flow, skip call to ath10k_halt() in
ath10k_stop() when the current driver state is ATH10K_STATE_RESTARTING.
Also, for driver state ATH10K_STATE_RESTARTING, call
ath10k_wait_for_suspend() in ath10k_stop(). This is because call to
ath10k_wait_for_suspend() is skipped later in
[ath10k_halt() > ath10k_core_stop()] for the driver state
ATH10K_STATE_RESTARTING.
The frozen restart worker thread will be cancelled during resume when the
device comes out of suspend.
Below is the crash stack for reference:
[ 428.469167] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 428.469180] kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:4150!
[ 428.469193] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ 428.469219] Workqueue: events_unbound async_run_entry_fn
[ 428.469230] RIP: 0010:kfree+0x319/0x31b
[ 428.469241] RSP: 0018:ffffa1fac015fc30 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 428.469247] RAX: ffffedb10419d108 RBX: ffff8c05262b0000
[ 428.469252] RDX: ffff8c04a8c07000 RSI: 0000000000000000
[ 428.469256] RBP: ffffa1fac015fc78 R08: 0000000000000000
[ 428.469276] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 428.469285] Call Trace:
[ 428.469295] ? dma_free_attrs+0x5f/0x7d
[ 428.469320] ath10k_core_stop+0x5b/0x6f
[ 428.469336] ath10k_halt+0x126/0x177
[ 428.469352] ath10k_stop+0x41/0x7e
[ 428.469387] drv_stop+0x88/0x10e
[ 428.469410] __ieee80211_suspend+0x297/0x411
[ 428.469441] rdev_suspend+0x6e/0xd0
[ 428.469462] wiphy_suspend+0xb1/0x105
[ 428.469483] ? name_show+0x2d/0x2d
[ 428.469490] dpm_run_callback+0x8c/0x126
[ 428.469511] ? name_show+0x2d/0x2d
[ 428.469517] __device_suspend+0x2e7/0x41b
[ 428.469523] async_suspend+0x1f/0x93
[ 428.469529] async_run_entry_fn+0x3d/0xd1
[ 428.469535] process_one_work+0x1b1/0x329
[ 428.469541] worker_thread+0x213/0x372
[ 428.469547] kthread+0x150/0x15f
[ 428.469552] ? pr_cont_work+0x58/0x58
[ 428.469558] ? kthread_blkcg+0x31/0x31
Tested-on: QCA6174 hw3.2 PCI WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00288-QCARMSWPZ-1
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
References
History
Sat, 07 Jun 2025 03:00:00 +0000
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
---|---|---|
First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
|
CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
|
Vendors & Products |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
Thu, 27 Feb 2025 01:45:00 +0000
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
---|---|---|
References |
| |
Metrics |
threat_severity
|
cvssV3_1
|
Wed, 26 Feb 2025 02:45:00 +0000
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
---|---|---|
Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ath10k: skip ath10k_halt during suspend for driver state RESTARTING Double free crash is observed when FW recovery(caused by wmi timeout/crash) is followed by immediate suspend event. The FW recovery is triggered by ath10k_core_restart() which calls driver clean up via ath10k_halt(). When the suspend event occurs between the FW recovery, the restart worker thread is put into frozen state until suspend completes. The suspend event triggers ath10k_stop() which again triggers ath10k_halt() The double invocation of ath10k_halt() causes ath10k_htt_rx_free() to be called twice(Note: ath10k_htt_rx_alloc was not called by restart worker thread because of its frozen state), causing the crash. To fix this, during the suspend flow, skip call to ath10k_halt() in ath10k_stop() when the current driver state is ATH10K_STATE_RESTARTING. Also, for driver state ATH10K_STATE_RESTARTING, call ath10k_wait_for_suspend() in ath10k_stop(). This is because call to ath10k_wait_for_suspend() is skipped later in [ath10k_halt() > ath10k_core_stop()] for the driver state ATH10K_STATE_RESTARTING. The frozen restart worker thread will be cancelled during resume when the device comes out of suspend. Below is the crash stack for reference: [ 428.469167] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 428.469180] kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:4150! [ 428.469193] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 428.469219] Workqueue: events_unbound async_run_entry_fn [ 428.469230] RIP: 0010:kfree+0x319/0x31b [ 428.469241] RSP: 0018:ffffa1fac015fc30 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 428.469247] RAX: ffffedb10419d108 RBX: ffff8c05262b0000 [ 428.469252] RDX: ffff8c04a8c07000 RSI: 0000000000000000 [ 428.469256] RBP: ffffa1fac015fc78 R08: 0000000000000000 [ 428.469276] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 428.469285] Call Trace: [ 428.469295] ? dma_free_attrs+0x5f/0x7d [ 428.469320] ath10k_core_stop+0x5b/0x6f [ 428.469336] ath10k_halt+0x126/0x177 [ 428.469352] ath10k_stop+0x41/0x7e [ 428.469387] drv_stop+0x88/0x10e [ 428.469410] __ieee80211_suspend+0x297/0x411 [ 428.469441] rdev_suspend+0x6e/0xd0 [ 428.469462] wiphy_suspend+0xb1/0x105 [ 428.469483] ? name_show+0x2d/0x2d [ 428.469490] dpm_run_callback+0x8c/0x126 [ 428.469511] ? name_show+0x2d/0x2d [ 428.469517] __device_suspend+0x2e7/0x41b [ 428.469523] async_suspend+0x1f/0x93 [ 428.469529] async_run_entry_fn+0x3d/0xd1 [ 428.469535] process_one_work+0x1b1/0x329 [ 428.469541] worker_thread+0x213/0x372 [ 428.469547] kthread+0x150/0x15f [ 428.469552] ? pr_cont_work+0x58/0x58 [ 428.469558] ? kthread_blkcg+0x31/0x31 Tested-on: QCA6174 hw3.2 PCI WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00288-QCARMSWPZ-1 | |
Title | ath10k: skip ath10k_halt during suspend for driver state RESTARTING | |
References |
|
|

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-05-04T08:39:40.405Z
Reserved: 2025-02-26T02:08:31.588Z
Link: CVE-2022-49519

No data.

Status : Received
Published: 2025-02-26T07:01:27.923
Modified: 2025-02-26T07:01:27.923
Link: CVE-2022-49519
