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Since step 2 is asynchronous, cfg80211 may not have completed\nhandling the new channel list, which may leading to an out-of-bounds\nwrite error:\nBUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ath11k_reg_update_chan_list\nCall Trace:\n ath11k_reg_update_chan_list+0xbfe/0xfe0 [ath11k]\n kfree+0x109/0x3a0\n ath11k_regd_update+0x1cf/0x350 [ath11k]\n ath11k_regd_update_work+0x14/0x20 [ath11k]\n process_one_work+0xe35/0x14c0\n\nShould ensure step 2 is completely done before executing step 3. Thus\nWen raised patch[1]. When flag NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_DRIVER is set,\ncfg80211 will notify ath11k after step 2 is done.\n\nSo enable the flag NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_DRIVER then cfg80211 will\nnotify ath11k after step 2 is done. At this time, there will be no\nKASAN bug during the execution of the step 3.\n\n[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20230201065313.27203-1-quic_wgong@quicinc.com/\n\nTested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: wifi: ath11k: actualizar la lista de canales en el notificador de registros en lugar del trabajador de registros. Actualmente, cuando ath11k obtiene una nueva lista de canales, esta se procesa seg\u00fan los siguientes pasos: 1. Actualizar la nueva lista de canales a cfg80211 y poner en cola reg_work. 2. cfg80211 gestiona la nueva lista de canales durante reg_work. 3. Actualizar la lista de canales gestionada de cfg80211 al firmware mediante ath11k_reg_update_chan_list(). Sin embargo, ath11k ejecutar\u00e1 inmediatamente el paso 3 despu\u00e9s de poner en cola reg_work. Como el paso 2 es asincr\u00f3nico, es posible que cfg80211 no haya terminado de manejar la nueva lista de canales, lo que puede generar un error de escritura fuera de los l\u00edmites: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ath11k_reg_update_chan_list Call Trace: ath11k_reg_update_chan_list+0xbfe/0xfe0 [ath11k] kfree+0x109/0x3a0 ath11k_regd_update+0x1cf/0x350 [ath11k] ath11k_regd_update_work+0x14/0x20 [ath11k] process_one_work+0xe35/0x14c0 Se debe asegurar que el paso 2 se haya realizado completamente antes de ejecutar el paso 3. Por lo tanto, Wen plante\u00f3 patch[1]. Cuando se activa el indicador NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_DRIVER, cfg80211 notificar\u00e1 a ath11k una vez finalizado el paso 2. Por lo tanto, al activar el indicador NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_DRIVER, cfg80211 notificar\u00e1 a ath11k una vez finalizado el paso 2. En este momento, no se producir\u00e1 ning\u00fan error de KASAN durante la ejecuci\u00f3n del paso 3. 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