Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix dma_free_coherent() pointer dma_alloc_coherent() allocates a DMA mapped buffer and stores the addresses in XXX_unaligned fields. Those should be reused when freeing the buffer rather than the aligned addresses. A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s ath12k wifi driver. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by triggering the device driver teardown path. The driver incorrectly passes aligned memory addresses to dma_free_coherent() instead of the original unaligned addresses during cleanup. This improper memory deallocation can lead to memory leaks, data corruption, or kernel crashes, ultimately resulting in a denial of service.Details
KernelCare state
Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.
| Operating system | Status | Covered kernels |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 13 | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 | Released |
43 kernels
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| Ubuntu 24.04 AWS | Planned | — |