CVE-2023-53717

wifi: ath9k: Fix potential stack-out-of-bounds write in ath9k_wmi_rsp_callback()

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Oct 22, 2025
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Oct 22, 2025

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Description

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

wifi: ath9k: Fix potential stack-out-of-bounds write in ath9k_wmi_rsp_callback()

Fix a stack-out-of-bounds write that occurs in a WMI response callback function that is called after a timeout occurs in ath9k_wmi_cmd(). The callback writes to wmi->cmd_rsp_buf, a stack-allocated buffer that could no longer be valid when a timeout occurs. Set wmi->last_seq_id to 0 when a timeout occurred.

Found by a modified version of syzkaller.

BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx Write of size 4 Call Trace: memcpy ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx ath9k_htc_rx_msg ath9k_hif_usb_reg_in_cb __usb_hcd_giveback_urb usb_hcd_giveback_urb dummy_timer call_timer_fn run_timer_softirq __do_softirq irq_exit_rcu sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 to before 89a33c3c847b19b19205cde1d924df2a6c70d8ebAffected
  • fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 to before ae4933b4f17de8e2b7ff6f91b17d3b0099a6d6bcAffected
  • fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 to before bf6dc175a2b53098a69db1236d9d53982f4b1bc0Affected
  • fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 to before 78b56b0a613a87b61290b95be497fdfe2fe58aa6Affected
  • fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 to before 1af7eacfad45149c54893a8a9df9e92ef89f0a90Affected
  • fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 to before 8f28513d9520184059530c01a9f928a1b3809d3fAffected
  • fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 to before 554048a72d7ecfdd58cc1bfb56e0a1864e64e82cAffected
  • fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 to before 8a2f35b9830692f7a616f2f627f943bc748af13aAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 2.6.35Affected
  • before 2.6.35Not affected
  • 4.14.308 through 4.14.*Not affected
  • 4.19.276 through 4.19.*Not affected
  • 5.4.235 through 5.4.*Not affected
  • 5.10.173 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.99 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.16 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.2.3 through 6.2.*Not affected
  • 6.3 and laterNot affected

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