wifi: mac80211: fix NULL dereference at band check in starting tx ba session
In MLD connection, link_data/link_conf are dynamically allocated. They
don't point to vif->bss_conf. So, there will be no chanreq assigned to
vif->bss_conf and then the chan will be NULL. Tweak the code to check
ht_supported/vht_supported/has_he/has_eht on sta deflink.
Crash log (with rtw89 version under MLO development):
[ 9890.526087] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
[ 9890.526102] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 9890.526105] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 9890.526109] PGD 0 P4D 0
[ 9890.526114] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
[ 9890.526119] CPU: 2 PID: 6367 Comm: kworker/u16:2 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE 6.9.0 #1
[ 9890.526123] Hardware name: LENOVO 2356AD1/2356AD1, BIOS G7ETB3WW (2.73 ) 11/28/2018
[ 9890.526126] Workqueue: phy2 rtw89_core_ba_work [rtw89_core]
[ 9890.526203] RIP: 0010:ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session (net/mac80211/agg-tx.c:618 (discriminator 1)) mac80211
[ 9890.526279] Code: f7 e8 d5 93 3e ea 48 83 c4 28 89 d8 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc 49 8b 84 24 e0 f1 ff ff 48 8b 80 90 1b 00 00 <83> 38 03 0f 84 37 fe ff ff bb ea ff ff ff eb cc 49 8b 84 24 10 f3
All code
========
0: f7 e8 imul %eax
2: d5 (bad)
3: 93 xchg %eax,%ebx
4: 3e ea ds (bad)
6: 48 83 c4 28 add $0x28,%rsp
a: 89 d8 mov %ebx,%eax
c: 5b pop %rbx
d: 41 5c pop %r12
f: 41 5d pop %r13
11: 41 5e pop %r14
13: 41 5f pop %r15
15: 5d pop %rbp
16: c3 retq
17: cc int3
18: cc int3
19: cc int3
1a: cc int3
1b: 49 8b 84 24 e0 f1 ff mov -0xe20(%r12),%rax
22: ff
23: 48 8b 80 90 1b 00 00 mov 0x1b90(%rax),%rax
2a:* 83 38 03 cmpl $0x3,(%rax) <-- trapping instruction
2d: 0f 84 37 fe ff ff je 0xfffffffffffffe6a
33: bb ea ff ff ff mov $0xffffffea,%ebx
38: eb cc jmp 0x6
3a: 49 rex.WB
3b: 8b .byte 0x8b
3c: 84 24 10 test %ah,(%rax,%rdx,1)
3f: f3 repz
Code starting with the faulting instruction
===========================================
0: 83 38 03 cmpl $0x3,(%rax)
3: 0f 84 37 fe ff ff je 0xfffffffffffffe40
9: bb ea ff ff ff mov $0xffffffea,%ebx
e: eb cc jmp 0xffffffffffffffdc
10: 49 rex.WB
11: 8b .byte 0x8b
12: 84 24 10 test %ah,(%rax,%rdx,1)
15: f3 repz
[ 9890.526285] RSP: 0018:ffffb8db09013d68 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 9890.526291] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff9308e0d656c8
[ 9890.526295] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffab99460b RDI: ffffffffab9a7685
[ 9890.526300] RBP: ffffb8db09013db8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000873
[ 9890.526304] R10: ffff9308e0d64800 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: ffff9308e5ff6e70
[ 9890.526308] R13: ffff930952500e20 R14: ffff9309192a8c00 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 9890.526313] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff930b4e700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 9890.526316] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 9890.526318] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000391c58005 CR4: 00000000001706f0
[ 9890.526321] Call Trace:
[ 9890.526324] <TASK>
[ 9890.526327] ? show_regs (arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:479)
[ 9890.526335] ? __die (arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:421 arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:434)
[ 9890.526340] ? page_fault_oops (arch/x86/mm/fault.c:713)
[ 9890.526347] ? search_module_extables (kernel/module/main.c:3256 (discriminator
---truncated---
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Debian DLA |
DLA-4008-1 | linux-6.1 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-5818-1 | linux security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7154-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7155-1 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7156-1 | Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7154-2 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7196-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
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Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:30:00 +0000
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Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000
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ssvc
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Tue, 27 Aug 2024 16:30:00 +0000
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-476 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
Tue, 27 Aug 2024 15:30:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix NULL dereference at band check in starting tx ba session In MLD connection, link_data/link_conf are dynamically allocated. They don't point to vif->bss_conf. So, there will be no chanreq assigned to vif->bss_conf and then the chan will be NULL. Tweak the code to check ht_supported/vht_supported/has_he/has_eht on sta deflink. Crash log (with rtw89 version under MLO development): [ 9890.526087] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 [ 9890.526102] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 9890.526105] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 9890.526109] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 9890.526114] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI [ 9890.526119] CPU: 2 PID: 6367 Comm: kworker/u16:2 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE 6.9.0 #1 [ 9890.526123] Hardware name: LENOVO 2356AD1/2356AD1, BIOS G7ETB3WW (2.73 ) 11/28/2018 [ 9890.526126] Workqueue: phy2 rtw89_core_ba_work [rtw89_core] [ 9890.526203] RIP: 0010:ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session (net/mac80211/agg-tx.c:618 (discriminator 1)) mac80211 [ 9890.526279] Code: f7 e8 d5 93 3e ea 48 83 c4 28 89 d8 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc 49 8b 84 24 e0 f1 ff ff 48 8b 80 90 1b 00 00 <83> 38 03 0f 84 37 fe ff ff bb ea ff ff ff eb cc 49 8b 84 24 10 f3 All code ======== 0: f7 e8 imul %eax 2: d5 (bad) 3: 93 xchg %eax,%ebx 4: 3e ea ds (bad) 6: 48 83 c4 28 add $0x28,%rsp a: 89 d8 mov %ebx,%eax c: 5b pop %rbx d: 41 5c pop %r12 f: 41 5d pop %r13 11: 41 5e pop %r14 13: 41 5f pop %r15 15: 5d pop %rbp 16: c3 retq 17: cc int3 18: cc int3 19: cc int3 1a: cc int3 1b: 49 8b 84 24 e0 f1 ff mov -0xe20(%r12),%rax 22: ff 23: 48 8b 80 90 1b 00 00 mov 0x1b90(%rax),%rax 2a:* 83 38 03 cmpl $0x3,(%rax) <-- trapping instruction 2d: 0f 84 37 fe ff ff je 0xfffffffffffffe6a 33: bb ea ff ff ff mov $0xffffffea,%ebx 38: eb cc jmp 0x6 3a: 49 rex.WB 3b: 8b .byte 0x8b 3c: 84 24 10 test %ah,(%rax,%rdx,1) 3f: f3 repz Code starting with the faulting instruction =========================================== 0: 83 38 03 cmpl $0x3,(%rax) 3: 0f 84 37 fe ff ff je 0xfffffffffffffe40 9: bb ea ff ff ff mov $0xffffffea,%ebx e: eb cc jmp 0xffffffffffffffdc 10: 49 rex.WB 11: 8b .byte 0x8b 12: 84 24 10 test %ah,(%rax,%rdx,1) 15: f3 repz [ 9890.526285] RSP: 0018:ffffb8db09013d68 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 9890.526291] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff9308e0d656c8 [ 9890.526295] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffab99460b RDI: ffffffffab9a7685 [ 9890.526300] RBP: ffffb8db09013db8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000873 [ 9890.526304] R10: ffff9308e0d64800 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: ffff9308e5ff6e70 [ 9890.526308] R13: ffff930952500e20 R14: ffff9309192a8c00 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 9890.526313] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff930b4e700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 9890.526316] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 9890.526318] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000391c58005 CR4: 00000000001706f0 [ 9890.526321] Call Trace: [ 9890.526324] <TASK> [ 9890.526327] ? show_regs (arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:479) [ 9890.526335] ? __die (arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:421 arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:434) [ 9890.526340] ? page_fault_oops (arch/x86/mm/fault.c:713) [ 9890.526347] ? search_module_extables (kernel/module/main.c:3256 (discriminator ---truncated--- | |
| Title | wifi: mac80211: fix NULL dereference at band check in starting tx ba session | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T20:32:09.574Z
Reserved: 2024-08-17T09:11:59.295Z
Link: CVE-2024-43911
Updated: 2025-11-03T22:07:16.250Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2024-08-26T11:15:05.227
Modified: 2025-11-03T22:18:21.950
Link: CVE-2024-43911
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