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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 21, 2024· Updated May 4, 2025

wifi: ath11k: fix dfs radar event locking

CVE-2023-52798

Description

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

wifi: ath11k: fix dfs radar event locking

The ath11k active pdevs are protected by RCU but the DFS radar event handling code calling ath11k_mac_get_ar_by_pdev_id() was not marked as a read-side critical section.

Mark the code in question as an RCU read-side critical section to avoid any potential use-after-free issues.

Compile tested only.

Affected products

172

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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