CVE-2023-53532

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: fix deinitialization of firmware resources Currently, in ath11k_ahb_fw_resources_init(), iommu domain mapping is done only for the chipsets having fixed firmware memory. Also, for such chipsets, mapping is done only if it does not have TrustZone support. During deinitialization, only if TrustZone support is not there, iommu is unmapped back. However, for non fixed firmware memory chipsets, TrustZone support is not there and this makes the condition check to true and it tries to unmap the memory which was not mapped during initialization. This leads to the following trace - [ 83.198790] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000008 [ 83.259537] Modules linked in: ath11k_ahb ath11k qmi_helpers .. snip .. [ 83.280286] pstate: 20000005 (nzCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 83.287228] pc : __iommu_unmap+0x30/0x140 [ 83.293907] lr : iommu_unmap+0x5c/0xa4 [ 83.298072] sp : ffff80000b3abad0 .. snip .. [ 83.369175] Call trace: [ 83.376282] __iommu_unmap+0x30/0x140 [ 83.378541] iommu_unmap+0x5c/0xa4 [ 83.382360] ath11k_ahb_fw_resource_deinit.part.12+0x2c/0xac [ath11k_ahb] [ 83.385666] ath11k_ahb_free_resources+0x140/0x17c [ath11k_ahb] [ 83.392521] ath11k_ahb_shutdown+0x34/0x40 [ath11k_ahb] [ 83.398248] platform_shutdown+0x20/0x2c [ 83.403455] device_shutdown+0x16c/0x1c4 [ 83.407621] kernel_restart_prepare+0x34/0x3c [ 83.411529] kernel_restart+0x14/0x74 [ 83.415781] __do_sys_reboot+0x1c4/0x22c [ 83.419427] __arm64_sys_reboot+0x1c/0x24 [ 83.423420] invoke_syscall+0x44/0xfc [ 83.427326] el0_svc_common.constprop.3+0xac/0xe8 [ 83.430974] do_el0_svc+0xa0/0xa8 [ 83.435659] el0_svc+0x1c/0x44 [ 83.438957] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x60/0x144 [ 83.441910] el0t_64_sync+0x15c/0x160 [ 83.446343] Code: aa0103f4 f9400001 f90027a1 d2800001 (f94006a0) [ 83.449903] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- This can be reproduced by probing an AHB chipset which is not having a fixed memory region. During reboot (or rmmod) trace can be seen. Fix this issue by adding a condition check on firmware fixed memory hw_param as done in the counter initialization function. Tested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01744-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

• locking/ww_mutex/test: Fix potential workqueue corruption {CVE-2023-52836}
• netfilter: ipset: Fix suspicious rcu_dereference_protected() {CVE-2024-40993}
• netfilter: ipset: Fix race between namespace cleanup and gc in the list:set type {CVE-2024-39503}
• netfilter: ipset: Missing gc cancellations fixed {CVE-2024-39503}
• netfilter: ipset: Add list flush to cancel_gc {CVE-2024-39503}
• netfilter: ipset: fix performance regression in swap operation {CVE-2024-26910}
• netfilter: ipset: fix race condition between swap/destroy and kernel side add/del/test {CVE-2024-26910}
• scsi: ses: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in ses_intf_remove() {CVE-2023-53521}
• scsi: mpt3sas: Fix a memory leak {CVE-2023-53512}
• scsi: iscsi_tcp: Check that sock is valid before iscsi_set_param() {CVE-2023-53464}
• wifi: ath11k: fix deinitialization of firmware resources {CVE-2023-53532}
• mt76: mt7915: Fix PCI device refcount leak in mt7915_pci_init_hif2() {CVE-2022-50464}
• ionic: catch failure from devlink_alloc {CVE-2023-53470}
• enic: Validate length of nl attributes in enic_set_vf_port {CVE-2024-38659}
• gpiolib: cdev: fix uninitialised kfifo {CVE-2024-36898}
• Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix crash on hci_create_cis_sync {CVE-2022-50447}
• net/sched: taprio: always validate TCA_TAPRIO_ATTR_PRIOMAP {CVE-2024-36974}
• ext4: Fix function prototype mismatch for ext4_feat_ktype {CVE-2023-53224}
• ipv6: Add lwtunnel encap size of all siblings in nexthop calculation {CVE-2023-53477}
• netfilter: nf_tables: prefer nft_chain_validate {CVE-2024-41042}
• netfilter: nf_conntrack: fix crash due to removal of uninitialised entry {CVE-2025-38472}
• Bluetooth: qca: add missing firmware sanity checks {CVE-2024-36880}
• Bluetooth: qca: fix info leak when fetching fw build id {CVE-2024-36032}
• Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix "bad unlock balance" in l2cap_disconnect_rsp {CVE-2023-53297}
• drm/amd/display: Skip finding free audio for unknown engine_id {CVE-2024-42119}
• drm/dp_mst: Fix resetting msg rx state after topology removal {CVE-2024-57876}
• drm/vc4: don't check if plane->state->fb == state->fb {CVE-2024-35932}
• drm/nouveau/disp: fix use-after-free in error handling of nouveau_connector_create {CVE-2023-53263}
• cifs: fix oops during encryption {CVE-2022-50341}
• smb: client: fix use-after-free in cifs_oplock_break {CVE-2025-38527}
• smb: client: fix race with concurrent opens in rename(2) {CVE-2025-39825}
• ASoC: Intel: sof_sdw_rt_sdca_jack_common: ctx->headset_codec_dev = NULL {CVE-2023-52697}
• blk-mq: fix NULL dereference on q->elevator in blk_mq_elv_switch_none {CVE-2023-53292}
• mlx5: fix possible ptp queue fifo use-after-free {CVE-2023-53398}
• sctp: check send stream number after wait_for_sndbuf {CVE-2023-53296}
• sctp: linearize cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv {CVE-2025-38718}
• ip6mr: Fix skb_under_panic in ip6mr_cache_report() {CVE-2023-53365}
• scsi: mpi3mr: Use number of bits to manage bitmap sizes {CVE-2023-53376}
• scsi: qla2xxx: Remove unused nvme_ls_waitq wait queue {CVE-2023-53280}
• mt76: mt7921: fix kernel panic by accessing unallocated eeprom.data {CVE-2023-53232}
• wifi: ath9k: don't allow to overwrite ENDPOINT0 attributes {CVE-2023-53185}
• fbdev: Fix invalid page access after closing deferred I/O devices {CVE-2023-52731}
• ACPICA: Add AML_NO_OPERAND_RESOLVE flag to Timer {CVE-2023-53395}
• ACPI: processor: idle: Check acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() return value {CVE-2022-50327}
• media: az6007: Fix null-ptr-deref in az6007_i2c_xfer() {CVE-2023-53220}
• media: dvb-usb: az6027: fix null-ptr-deref in az6027_i2c_xfer() {CVE-2022-50272}

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

wifi: ath11k: fix deinitialization of firmware resources

Currently, in ath11k_ahb_fw_resources_init(), iommu domain mapping is done only for the chipsets having fixed firmware memory. Also, for such chipsets, mapping is done only if it does not have TrustZone support.

During deinitialization, only if TrustZone support is not there, iommu is unmapped back. However, for non fixed firmware memory chipsets, TrustZone support is not there and this makes the condition check to true and it tries to unmap the memory which was not mapped during initialization.

This leads to the following trace -

[ 83.198790] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000008 [ 83.259537] Modules linked in: ath11k_ahb ath11k qmi_helpers .. snip .. [ 83.280286] pstate: 20000005 (nzCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 83.287228] pc : __iommu_unmap+0x30/0x140 [ 83.293907] lr : iommu_unmap+0x5c/0xa4 [ 83.298072] sp : ffff80000b3abad0 .. snip .. [ 83.369175] Call trace: [ 83.376282] __iommu_unmap+0x30/0x140 [ 83.378541] iommu_unmap+0x5c/0xa4 [ 83.382360] ath11k_ahb_fw_resource_deinit.part.12+0x2c/0xac [ath11k_ahb] [ 83.385666] ath11k_ahb_free_resources+0x140/0x17c [ath11k_ahb] [ 83.392521] ath11k_ahb_shutdown+0x34/0x40 [ath11k_ahb] [ 83.398248] platform_shutdown+0x20/0x2c [ 83.403455] device_shutdown+0x16c/0x1c4 [ 83.407621] kernel_restart_prepare+0x34/0x3c [ 83.411529] kernel_restart+0x14/0x74 [ 83.415781] __do_sys_reboot+0x1c4/0x22c [ 83.419427] __arm64_sys_reboot+0x1c/0x24 [ 83.423420] invoke_syscall+0x44/0xfc [ 83.427326] el0_svc_common.constprop.3+0xac/0xe8 [ 83.430974] do_el0_svc+0xa0/0xa8 [ 83.435659] el0_svc+0x1c/0x44 [ 83.438957] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x60/0x144 [ 83.441910] el0t_64_sync+0x15c/0x160 [ 83.446343] Code: aa0103f4 f9400001 f90027a1 d2800001 (f94006a0) [ 83.449903] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

This can be reproduced by probing an AHB chipset which is not having a fixed memory region. During reboot (or rmmod) trace can be seen.

Fix this issue by adding a condition check on firmware fixed memory hw_param as done in the counter initialization function.

Tested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01744-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2022-49138: Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix checking conn for le_conn_complete_evt (bsc#1238160).
• CVE-2022-50233: Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev->{dev_name,short_name} (bsc#1246968).
• CVE-2022-50252: igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated (bsc#1249846).
• CVE-2022-50409: net: If sock is dead do not access sock's sk_wq in sk_stream_wait_memory (bsc#1250392).
• CVE-2023-53178: mm: fix zswap writeback race condition (bsc#1249827).
• CVE-2023-53257: wifi: mac80211: check S1G action frame size (bsc#1249869).
• CVE-2023-53321: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: drop short frames (bsc#1250313).
• CVE-2023-53438: x86/MCE: Always save CS register on AMD Zen IF Poison errors (bsc#1250180).
• CVE-2025-37738: ext4: ignore xattrs past end (bsc#1242846).
• CVE-2025-37958: mm/huge_memory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry (bsc#1243539).
• CVE-2025-38014: dmaengine: idxd: Refactor remove call with idxd_cleanup() helper (bsc#1244732).
• CVE-2025-38111: net/mdiobus: Fix potential out-of-bounds read/write access (bsc#1245666).
• CVE-2025-38380: i2c/designware: Fix an initialization issue (bsc#1247028).
• CVE-2025-38488: smb: client: fix use-after-free in crypt_message when using async crypto (bsc#1247239).
• CVE-2025-38553: net/sched: Restrict conditions for adding duplicating netems to qdisc tree (bsc#1248255).
• CVE-2025-38572: ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment() (bsc#1248399).
• CVE-2025-38659: gfs2: No more self recovery (bsc#1248639).
• CVE-2025-38664: ice: Fix a null pointer dereference in ice_copy_and_init_pkg() (bsc#1248628).
• CVE-2025-38678: netfilter: nf_tables: reject duplicate device on updates (bsc#1249126).
• CVE-2025-38685: fbdev: Fix vmalloc out-of-bounds write in fast_imageblit (bsc#1249220).
• CVE-2025-38706: ASoC: core: Check for rtd == NULL in snd_soc_remove_pcm_runtime() (bsc#1249195).
• CVE-2025-38713: hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc() (bsc#1249200).
• CVE-2025-38734: net/smc: fix UAF on smcsk after smc_listen_out() (bsc#1249324).
• CVE-2025-39691: fs/buffer: fix use-after-free when call bh_read() helper (bsc#1249374).
• CVE-2025-39703: net, hsr: reject HSR frame if skb can't hold tag (bsc#1249315).
• CVE-2025-39726: s390/ism: fix concurrency management in ism_cmd() (bsc#1249266).
• CVE-2025-39746: wifi: ath10k: shutdown driver when hardware is unreliable (bsc#1249516).
• CVE-2025-39751: ALSA: hda/ca0132: Fix buffer overflow in add_tuning_control (bsc#1249538).
• CVE-2025-39790: bus: mhi: host: Detect events pointing to unexpected TREs (bsc#1249548).
• CVE-2025-39823: KVM: x86: use array_index_nospec with indices that come from guest (bsc#1250002).
• CVE-2025-39824: HID: asus: fix UAF via HID_CLAIMED_INPUT validation (bsc#1250007).
• CVE-2025-39860: Bluetooth: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() (bsc#1250247).
• CVE-2025-39869: dmaengine: ti: edma: Fix memory allocation size for queue_priority_map (bsc#1250406).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• !CONFIG & reference -> this is bug, immediate fail
• CONFIG & no reference -> OK temporarily, must be resolved eventually
• Do not self obsolete older kernel variants
• Kconfig.suse: Add KABI checkiness macro (config) (bsc#1249186).
• Limit patch filenames to 100 characters (bsc#1249604).
• Move pesign-obs-integration requirement from kernel-syms to kernel devel subpackage (bsc#1248108).
• Update config files. (bsc#1249186) Enable where we define KABI refs + rely on Kconfig deps.
• build_bug.h: Add KABI assert (bsc#1249186).
• hv_netvsc: Fix panic during namespace deletion with VF (bsc#1248111).
• kernel-binary: Another installation ordering fix (bsc#1241353).
• kernel-source: Do not list mkspec and its inputs as sources (bsc#1250522).
• kernel-subpackage-build: Decompress ghost file when compressed version exists (bsc#1249346)
• kernel-syms.spec: Drop…

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2022-49138: Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix checking conn for le_conn_complete_evt (bsc#1238160).
• CVE-2022-50233: Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev->{dev_name,short_name} (bsc#1246968).
• CVE-2022-50252: igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated (bsc#1249846).
• CVE-2022-50409: net: If sock is dead do not access sock's sk_wq in sk_stream_wait_memory (bsc#1250392).
• CVE-2023-53178: mm: fix zswap writeback race condition (bsc#1249827).
• CVE-2023-53257: wifi: mac80211: check S1G action frame size (bsc#1249869).
• CVE-2023-53321: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: drop short frames (bsc#1250313).
• CVE-2023-53438: x86/MCE: Always save CS register on AMD Zen IF Poison errors (bsc#1250180).
• CVE-2025-37738: ext4: ignore xattrs past end (bsc#1242846).
• CVE-2025-37958: mm/huge_memory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry (bsc#1243539).
• CVE-2025-38014: dmaengine: idxd: Refactor remove call with idxd_cleanup() helper (bsc#1244732).
• CVE-2025-38111: net/mdiobus: Fix potential out-of-bounds read/write access (bsc#1245666).
• CVE-2025-38380: i2c/designware: Fix an initialization issue (bsc#1247028).
• CVE-2025-38488: smb: client: fix use-after-free in crypt_message when using async crypto (bsc#1247239).
• CVE-2025-38553: net/sched: Restrict conditions for adding duplicating netems to qdisc tree (bsc#1248255).
• CVE-2025-38572: ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment() (bsc#1248399).
• CVE-2025-38659: gfs2: No more self recovery (bsc#1248639).
• CVE-2025-38664: ice: Fix a null pointer dereference in ice_copy_and_init_pkg() (bsc#1248628).
• CVE-2025-38678: netfilter: nf_tables: reject duplicate device on updates (bsc#1249126).
• CVE-2025-38685: fbdev: Fix vmalloc out-of-bounds write in fast_imageblit (bsc#1249220).
• CVE-2025-38706: ASoC: core: Check for rtd == NULL in snd_soc_remove_pcm_runtime() (bsc#1249195).
• CVE-2025-38713: hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc() (bsc#1249200).
• CVE-2025-38734: net/smc: fix UAF on smcsk after smc_listen_out() (bsc#1249324).
• CVE-2025-39691: fs/buffer: fix use-after-free when call bh_read() helper (bsc#1249374).
• CVE-2025-39703: net, hsr: reject HSR frame if skb can't hold tag (bsc#1249315).
• CVE-2025-39726: s390/ism: fix concurrency management in ism_cmd() (bsc#1249266).
• CVE-2025-39746: wifi: ath10k: shutdown driver when hardware is unreliable (bsc#1249516).
• CVE-2025-39751: ALSA: hda/ca0132: Fix buffer overflow in add_tuning_control (bsc#1249538).
• CVE-2025-39790: bus: mhi: host: Detect events pointing to unexpected TREs (bsc#1249548).
• CVE-2025-39823: KVM: x86: use array_index_nospec with indices that come from guest (bsc#1250002).
• CVE-2025-39824: HID: asus: fix UAF via HID_CLAIMED_INPUT validation (bsc#1250007).
• CVE-2025-39860: Bluetooth: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() (bsc#1250247).
• CVE-2025-39869: dmaengine: ti: edma: Fix memory allocation size for queue_priority_map (bsc#1250406).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• Kconfig.suse: Add KABI checkiness macro (config) (bsc#1249186).
• Limit patch filenames to 100 characters (bsc#1249604).
• Move pesign-obs-integration requirement from kernel-syms to kernel devel subpackage (bsc#1248108).
• Revert selinux patches that caused regressions (bsc#1249353).
• btrfs: avoid NULL pointer dereference if no valid extent tree (bsc#1249158).
• build_bug.h: Add KABI assert (bsc#1249186).
• hv_netvsc: Fix panic during namespace deletion with VF (bsc#1248111).
• kabi/severities: ignore kABI for atheros helper modules The symbols are used only internally by atheros drivers.
• kernel-binary: Another installation ordering fix (bsc#1241353).
• kernel-source: Do not list mkspec and its inputs as sources (bsc#1250522).
• kernel-subpackage-build: Decompress ghost file when compressed version exists (bsc#1249346)
• kernel-syms.spec: Drop…