Description (CNA)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix memory leak in ieee80211_register_hw() If kmemdup() fails while copying supported band structures, the error path jumps to fail_rate. This skips rate_control_deinitialize() and leaks the initialized local->rate_ctrl. Fix this by adding a fail_band label that shares the rate-control cleanup path before falling through to the remaining teardown. The bug was first flagged by an experimental analysis tool we are developing for kernel memory-management bugs while analyzing v6.13-rc1. The tool is still under development and is not yet publicly available. Manual inspection confirms that the bug is still present in v7.1-rc7. An x86_64 allyesconfig build showed no new warnings. As we do not have a suitable mac80211 device/driver combination to test with, no runtime testing was able to be performed.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux / Linux | affected 09b4a4faf9d037990ac4f8110dd944b27b42d5df before f01eec75fd372961550b928902f3a2c11fca1daf; affected 09b4a4faf9d037990ac4f8110dd944b27b42d5df before 3d8b9b290421c3cd505fcd2f551f143f8142786a; affected 09b4a4faf9d037990ac4f8110dd944b27b42d5df before 08b71bd92317f99642b842cfc0d30200868162fc; affected 09b4a4faf9d037990ac4f8110dd944b27b42d5df before a02b52fe54f7b5107aefa1ce28c2f69749c57616; affected 09b4a4faf9d037990ac4f8110dd944b27b42d5df before 45e9ac538cdff7bce656d731114a64eda85af0d7; affected 09b4a4faf9d037990ac4f8110dd944b27b42d5df before bdc0b8bfdc142439d6708b072e8159eb515ee7b0; affected 09b4a4faf9d037990ac4f8110dd944b27b42d5df before a7584f261e64fe14e45bdf70f343e16c1ee3a037; affected 09b4a4faf9d037990ac4f8110dd944b27b42d5df before 95fc02722edde02946d0d475221f2b2054d3d8ba |
| Linux / Linux | affected 4.20; unaffected 0 before 4.20; unaffected 5.10.261 through 5.10.*; unaffected 5.15.212 through 5.15.*; unaffected 6.1.178 through 6.1.*; unaffected 6.6.145 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.12.97 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.40 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.1.5 through 7.1.*; unaffected 7.2 through * |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f01eec75fd372961550b928902f3a2c11fca1daf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d8b9b290421c3cd505fcd2f551f143f8142786a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08b71bd92317f99642b842cfc0d30200868162fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a02b52fe54f7b5107aefa1ce28c2f69749c57616
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45e9ac538cdff7bce656d731114a64eda85af0d7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdc0b8bfdc142439d6708b072e8159eb515ee7b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7584f261e64fe14e45bdf70f343e16c1ee3a037
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95fc02722edde02946d0d475221f2b2054d3d8ba