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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Mar 14, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 14, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

ath11k: Fix frames flush failure caused by deadlock

We are seeing below warnings:

kernel: [25393.301506] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to flush mgmt transmit queue 0
kernel: [25398.421509] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to flush mgmt transmit queue 0
kernel: [25398.421831] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: dropping mgmt frame for vdev 0, is_started 0

this means ath11k fails to flush mgmt. frames because wmi_mgmt_tx_work
has no chance to run in 5 seconds.

By setting /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs to 20 and increasing
ATH11K_FLUSH_TIMEOUT to 50 we get below warnings:

kernel: [ 120.763160] INFO: task wpa_supplicant:924 blocked for more than 20 seconds.
kernel: [ 120.763169] Not tainted 5.10.90 #12
kernel: [ 120.763177] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
kernel: [ 120.763186] task:wpa_supplicant state:D stack: 0 pid: 924 ppid: 1 flags:0x000043a0
kernel: [ 120.763201] Call Trace:
kernel: [ 120.763214] __schedule+0x785/0x12fa
kernel: [ 120.763224] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xe2/0x1bb
kernel: [ 120.763242] schedule+0x7e/0xa1
kernel: [ 120.763253] schedule_timeout+0x98/0xfe
kernel: [ 120.763266] ? run_local_timers+0x4a/0x4a
kernel: [ 120.763291] ath11k_mac_flush_tx_complete+0x197/0x2b1 [ath11k 13c3a9bf37790f4ac8103b3decf7ab4008ac314a]
kernel: [ 120.763306] ? init_wait_entry+0x2e/0x2e
kernel: [ 120.763343] __ieee80211_flush_queues+0x167/0x21f [mac80211 335da900954f1c5ea7f1613d92088ce83342042c]
kernel: [ 120.763378] __ieee80211_recalc_idle+0x105/0x125 [mac80211 335da900954f1c5ea7f1613d92088ce83342042c]
kernel: [ 120.763411] ieee80211_recalc_idle+0x14/0x27 [mac80211 335da900954f1c5ea7f1613d92088ce83342042c]
kernel: [ 120.763441] ieee80211_free_chanctx+0x77/0xa2 [mac80211 335da900954f1c5ea7f1613d92088ce83342042c]
kernel: [ 120.763473] __ieee80211_vif_release_channel+0x100/0x131 [mac80211 335da900954f1c5ea7f1613d92088ce83342042c]
kernel: [ 120.763540] ieee80211_vif_release_channel+0x66/0x81 [mac80211 335da900954f1c5ea7f1613d92088ce83342042c]
kernel: [ 120.763572] ieee80211_destroy_auth_data+0xa3/0xe6 [mac80211 335da900954f1c5ea7f1613d92088ce83342042c]
kernel: [ 120.763612] ieee80211_mgd_deauth+0x178/0x29b [mac80211 335da900954f1c5ea7f1613d92088ce83342042c]
kernel: [ 120.763654] cfg80211_mlme_deauth+0x1a8/0x22c [cfg80211 8945aa5bc2af5f6972336665d8ad6f9c191ad5be]
kernel: [ 120.763697] nl80211_deauthenticate+0xfa/0x123 [cfg80211 8945aa5bc2af5f6972336665d8ad6f9c191ad5be]
kernel: [ 120.763715] genl_rcv_msg+0x392/0x3c2
kernel: [ 120.763750] ? nl80211_associate+0x432/0x432 [cfg80211 8945aa5bc2af5f6972336665d8ad6f9c191ad5be]
kernel: [ 120.763782] ? nl80211_associate+0x432/0x432 [cfg80211 8945aa5bc2af5f6972336665d8ad6f9c191ad5be]
kernel: [ 120.763802] ? genl_rcv+0x36/0x36
kernel: [ 120.763814] netlink_rcv_skb+0x89/0xf7
kernel: [ 120.763829] genl_rcv+0x28/0x36
kernel: [ 120.763840] netlink_unicast+0x179/0x24b
kernel: [ 120.763854] netlink_sendmsg+0x393/0x401
kernel: [ 120.763872] sock_sendmsg+0x72/0x76
kernel: [ 120.763886] ____sys_sendmsg+0x170/0x1e6
kernel: [ 120.763897] ? copy_msghdr_from_user+0x7a/0xa2
kernel: [ 120.763914] ___sys_sendmsg+0x95/0xd1
kernel: [ 120.763940] __sys_sendmsg+0x85/0xbf
kernel: [ 120.763956] do_syscall_64+0x43/0x55
kernel: [ 120.763966] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9
kernel: [ 120.763977] RIP: 0033:0x79089f3fcc83
kernel: [ 120.763986] RSP: 002b:00007ffe604f0508 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
kernel: [ 120.763997] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000059b40e987690 RCX: 000079089f3fcc83
kernel: [ 120.764006] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007ffe604f0558 RDI: 0000000000000009
kernel: [ 120.764014] RBP: 00007ffe604f0540 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 0000000000400000
kernel: [ 120.764023] R10: 00007ffe604f0638 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000059b40ea04980
kernel: [ 120.764032] R13: 00007ffe604
---truncated---

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 26, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 14, 2025
Last updated Mar 14, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(4th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Locking

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2022-49123

GHSA ID

GHSA-26p5-hwvm-hf8m

Source code

No known source code

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