CVE-2023-52800 Information

Description

In the Linux kernel the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ath11k: fix htt pktlog locking

The ath11k active pdevs are protected by RCU but the htt pktlog 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.

Reference

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03ed26935bebf6b6fd8a656490bf3dcc71b72679 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a51e6b4da71fdfa43ec006d6abc020f3e22d14e https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3199b3fac65c9f103055390b6fd07c5cffa5961 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/423762f021825b5e57c3d6f01ff96a9ff19cdcd8 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69cede2a5a5f60e3f5602b901b52cb64edd2ea6c https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f77c7d605b29df277d77e9ee75d96e7ad145d2d