CVE-2024-53188

MEDIUM 5.5

wifi: ath12k: fix crash when unbinding

CVSS Score

5.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix crash when unbinding If there is an error during some initialization related to firmware, the function ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup is called to release resources. However this is released again when the device is unbinded (ath12k_pci), and we get: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020 at RIP: 0010:ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup.part.0+0xb6/0x500 [ath12k] Call Trace: ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup ath12k_dp_free ath12k_core_deinit ath12k_pci_remove ... The issue is always reproducible from a VM because the MSI addressing initialization is failing. In order to fix the issue, just set to NULL the released structure in ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup at the end.

Vendor	linux
Product	linux
Ecosystems	Linux Kernel
Industries	Technology
Published	Dec 27, 2024
Last Updated	May 11, 2026

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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux

d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 < 81da9c0854545c3188ca2a09afe7cb65f9c012b5 d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 < 2eec88c0fa63f8ad35704a8c9df0b5bd8694fcda d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 < 488d2959c28621e52b3cce118a813a4bc18bb3d1 d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 < 1304446f67863385dc4c914b6e0194f6664ee764

Linux / Linux

6.3

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81da9c0854545c3188ca2a09afe7cb65f9c012b5 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2eec88c0fa63f8ad35704a8c9df0b5bd8694fcda git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/488d2959c28621e52b3cce118a813a4bc18bb3d1 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1304446f67863385dc4c914b6e0194f6664ee764