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

wifi: brcmfmac: Check the count value of channel spec to prevent out-of-bounds reads

This patch fixes slab-out-of-bounds reads in brcmfmac that occur in
brcmf_construct_chaninfo() and brcmf_enable_bw40_2g() when the count
value of channel specifications provided by the device is greater than
the length of 'list->element[]', decided by the size of the 'list'
allocated with kzalloc(). The patch adds checks that make the functions
free the buffer and return -EINVAL if that is the case. Note that the
negative return is handled by the caller, brcmf_setup_wiphybands() or
brcmf_cfg80211_attach().

Found by a modified version of syzkaller.

Crash Report from brcmf_construct_chaninfo():
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in brcmf_setup_wiphybands+0x1238/0x1430
Read of size 4 at addr ffff888115f24600 by task kworker/0:2/1896

CPU: 0 PID: 1896 Comm: kworker/0:2 Tainted: G W O 5.14.0+ #132
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x7d
print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x93/0x334
kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf
brcmf_setup_wiphybands+0x1238/0x1430
brcmf_cfg80211_attach+0x2118/0x3fd0
brcmf_attach+0x389/0xd40
brcmf_usb_probe+0x12de/0x1690
usb_probe_interface+0x25f/0x710
really_probe+0x1be/0xa90
__driver_probe_device+0x2ab/0x460
driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120
__device_attach_driver+0x18a/0x250
bus_for_each_drv+0x123/0x1a0
__device_attach+0x207/0x330
bus_probe_device+0x1a2/0x260
device_add+0xa61/0x1ce0
usb_set_configuration+0x984/0x1770
usb_generic_driver_probe+0x69/0x90
usb_probe_device+0x9c/0x220
really_probe+0x1be/0xa90
__driver_probe_device+0x2ab/0x460
driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120
__device_attach_driver+0x18a/0x250
bus_for_each_drv+0x123/0x1a0
__device_attach+0x207/0x330
bus_probe_device+0x1a2/0x260
device_add+0xa61/0x1ce0
usb_new_device.cold+0x463/0xf66
hub_event+0x10d5/0x3330
process_one_work+0x873/0x13e0
worker_thread+0x8b/0xd10
kthread+0x379/0x450
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

Allocated by task 1896:
kasan_save_stack+0x1b/0x40
__kasan_kmalloc+0x7c/0x90
kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x19e/0x330
brcmf_setup_wiphybands+0x290/0x1430
brcmf_cfg80211_attach+0x2118/0x3fd0
brcmf_attach+0x389/0xd40
brcmf_usb_probe+0x12de/0x1690
usb_probe_interface+0x25f/0x710
really_probe+0x1be/0xa90
__driver_probe_device+0x2ab/0x460
driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120
__device_attach_driver+0x18a/0x250
bus_for_each_drv+0x123/0x1a0
__device_attach+0x207/0x330
bus_probe_device+0x1a2/0x260
device_add+0xa61/0x1ce0
usb_set_configuration+0x984/0x1770
usb_generic_driver_probe+0x69/0x90
usb_probe_device+0x9c/0x220
really_probe+0x1be/0xa90
__driver_probe_device+0x2ab/0x460
driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120
__device_attach_driver+0x18a/0x250
bus_for_each_drv+0x123/0x1a0
__device_attach+0x207/0x330
bus_probe_device+0x1a2/0x260
device_add+0xa61/0x1ce0
usb_new_device.cold+0x463/0xf66
hub_event+0x10d5/0x3330
process_one_work+0x873/0x13e0
worker_thread+0x8b/0xd10
kthread+0x379/0x450
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888115f24000
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-2k of size 2048
The buggy address is located 1536 bytes inside of
2048-byte region [ffff888115f24000, ffff888115f24800)

Memory state around the buggy address:
ffff888115f24500: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
ffff888115f24580: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>ffff888115f24600: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
^
ffff888115f24680: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
ffff888115f24700: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
==================================================================

Crash Report from brcmf_enable_bw40_2g():
==========
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Published: 2025-03-27
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-55183 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: Check the count value of channel spec to prevent out-of-bounds reads This patch fixes slab-out-of-bounds reads in brcmfmac that occur in brcmf_construct_chaninfo() and brcmf_enable_bw40_2g() when the count value of channel specifications provided by the device is greater than the length of 'list->element[]', decided by the size of the 'list' allocated with kzalloc(). The patch adds checks that make the functions free the buffer and return -EINVAL if that is the case. Note that the negative return is handled by the caller, brcmf_setup_wiphybands() or brcmf_cfg80211_attach(). Found by a modified version of syzkaller. Crash Report from brcmf_construct_chaninfo(): ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in brcmf_setup_wiphybands+0x1238/0x1430 Read of size 4 at addr ffff888115f24600 by task kworker/0:2/1896 CPU: 0 PID: 1896 Comm: kworker/0:2 Tainted: G W O 5.14.0+ #132 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x7d print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x93/0x334 kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf brcmf_setup_wiphybands+0x1238/0x1430 brcmf_cfg80211_attach+0x2118/0x3fd0 brcmf_attach+0x389/0xd40 brcmf_usb_probe+0x12de/0x1690 usb_probe_interface+0x25f/0x710 really_probe+0x1be/0xa90 __driver_probe_device+0x2ab/0x460 driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120 __device_attach_driver+0x18a/0x250 bus_for_each_drv+0x123/0x1a0 __device_attach+0x207/0x330 bus_probe_device+0x1a2/0x260 device_add+0xa61/0x1ce0 usb_set_configuration+0x984/0x1770 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x69/0x90 usb_probe_device+0x9c/0x220 really_probe+0x1be/0xa90 __driver_probe_device+0x2ab/0x460 driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120 __device_attach_driver+0x18a/0x250 bus_for_each_drv+0x123/0x1a0 __device_attach+0x207/0x330 bus_probe_device+0x1a2/0x260 device_add+0xa61/0x1ce0 usb_new_device.cold+0x463/0xf66 hub_event+0x10d5/0x3330 process_one_work+0x873/0x13e0 worker_thread+0x8b/0xd10 kthread+0x379/0x450 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 Allocated by task 1896: kasan_save_stack+0x1b/0x40 __kasan_kmalloc+0x7c/0x90 kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x19e/0x330 brcmf_setup_wiphybands+0x290/0x1430 brcmf_cfg80211_attach+0x2118/0x3fd0 brcmf_attach+0x389/0xd40 brcmf_usb_probe+0x12de/0x1690 usb_probe_interface+0x25f/0x710 really_probe+0x1be/0xa90 __driver_probe_device+0x2ab/0x460 driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120 __device_attach_driver+0x18a/0x250 bus_for_each_drv+0x123/0x1a0 __device_attach+0x207/0x330 bus_probe_device+0x1a2/0x260 device_add+0xa61/0x1ce0 usb_set_configuration+0x984/0x1770 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x69/0x90 usb_probe_device+0x9c/0x220 really_probe+0x1be/0xa90 __driver_probe_device+0x2ab/0x460 driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120 __device_attach_driver+0x18a/0x250 bus_for_each_drv+0x123/0x1a0 __device_attach+0x207/0x330 bus_probe_device+0x1a2/0x260 device_add+0xa61/0x1ce0 usb_new_device.cold+0x463/0xf66 hub_event+0x10d5/0x3330 process_one_work+0x873/0x13e0 worker_thread+0x8b/0xd10 kthread+0x379/0x450 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888115f24000 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-2k of size 2048 The buggy address is located 1536 bytes inside of 2048-byte region [ffff888115f24000, ffff888115f24800) Memory state around the buggy address: ffff888115f24500: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ffff888115f24580: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 >ffff888115f24600: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ^ ffff888115f24680: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ffff888115f24700: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ================================================================== Crash Report from brcmf_enable_bw40_2g(): ========== ---truncated---
History

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 14 Apr 2025 20:45:00 +0000

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Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}


Fri, 11 Apr 2025 03:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-125
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L'}


Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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References
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cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

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Thu, 27 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: Check the count value of channel spec to prevent out-of-bounds reads This patch fixes slab-out-of-bounds reads in brcmfmac that occur in brcmf_construct_chaninfo() and brcmf_enable_bw40_2g() when the count value of channel specifications provided by the device is greater than the length of 'list->element[]', decided by the size of the 'list' allocated with kzalloc(). The patch adds checks that make the functions free the buffer and return -EINVAL if that is the case. Note that the negative return is handled by the caller, brcmf_setup_wiphybands() or brcmf_cfg80211_attach(). Found by a modified version of syzkaller. Crash Report from brcmf_construct_chaninfo(): ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in brcmf_setup_wiphybands+0x1238/0x1430 Read of size 4 at addr ffff888115f24600 by task kworker/0:2/1896 CPU: 0 PID: 1896 Comm: kworker/0:2 Tainted: G W O 5.14.0+ #132 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x7d print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x93/0x334 kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf brcmf_setup_wiphybands+0x1238/0x1430 brcmf_cfg80211_attach+0x2118/0x3fd0 brcmf_attach+0x389/0xd40 brcmf_usb_probe+0x12de/0x1690 usb_probe_interface+0x25f/0x710 really_probe+0x1be/0xa90 __driver_probe_device+0x2ab/0x460 driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120 __device_attach_driver+0x18a/0x250 bus_for_each_drv+0x123/0x1a0 __device_attach+0x207/0x330 bus_probe_device+0x1a2/0x260 device_add+0xa61/0x1ce0 usb_set_configuration+0x984/0x1770 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x69/0x90 usb_probe_device+0x9c/0x220 really_probe+0x1be/0xa90 __driver_probe_device+0x2ab/0x460 driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120 __device_attach_driver+0x18a/0x250 bus_for_each_drv+0x123/0x1a0 __device_attach+0x207/0x330 bus_probe_device+0x1a2/0x260 device_add+0xa61/0x1ce0 usb_new_device.cold+0x463/0xf66 hub_event+0x10d5/0x3330 process_one_work+0x873/0x13e0 worker_thread+0x8b/0xd10 kthread+0x379/0x450 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 Allocated by task 1896: kasan_save_stack+0x1b/0x40 __kasan_kmalloc+0x7c/0x90 kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x19e/0x330 brcmf_setup_wiphybands+0x290/0x1430 brcmf_cfg80211_attach+0x2118/0x3fd0 brcmf_attach+0x389/0xd40 brcmf_usb_probe+0x12de/0x1690 usb_probe_interface+0x25f/0x710 really_probe+0x1be/0xa90 __driver_probe_device+0x2ab/0x460 driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120 __device_attach_driver+0x18a/0x250 bus_for_each_drv+0x123/0x1a0 __device_attach+0x207/0x330 bus_probe_device+0x1a2/0x260 device_add+0xa61/0x1ce0 usb_set_configuration+0x984/0x1770 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x69/0x90 usb_probe_device+0x9c/0x220 really_probe+0x1be/0xa90 __driver_probe_device+0x2ab/0x460 driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120 __device_attach_driver+0x18a/0x250 bus_for_each_drv+0x123/0x1a0 __device_attach+0x207/0x330 bus_probe_device+0x1a2/0x260 device_add+0xa61/0x1ce0 usb_new_device.cold+0x463/0xf66 hub_event+0x10d5/0x3330 process_one_work+0x873/0x13e0 worker_thread+0x8b/0xd10 kthread+0x379/0x450 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888115f24000 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-2k of size 2048 The buggy address is located 1536 bytes inside of 2048-byte region [ffff888115f24000, ffff888115f24800) Memory state around the buggy address: ffff888115f24500: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ffff888115f24580: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 >ffff888115f24600: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ^ ffff888115f24680: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ffff888115f24700: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ================================================================== Crash Report from brcmf_enable_bw40_2g(): ========== ---truncated---
Title wifi: brcmfmac: Check the count value of channel spec to prevent out-of-bounds reads
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T19:05:50.080Z

Reserved: 2025-03-27T16:39:17.986Z

Link: CVE-2022-49740

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-01T16:58:58.958Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-03-27T17:15:38.583

Modified: 2025-10-01T18:15:31.023

Link: CVE-2022-49740

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-03-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-49740 - Bugzilla

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