CVE-2024-26897

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26897
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-26897.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-26897
Downstream
Related
Published
2024-04-17T10:27:47Z
Modified
2025-10-09T07:52:01.055980Z
Summary
wifi: ath9k: delay all of ath9k_wmi_event_tasklet() until init is complete
Details

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

wifi: ath9k: delay all of ath9kwmievent_tasklet() until init is complete

The ath9kwmieventtasklet() used in ath9khtc assumes that all the data structures have been fully initialised by the time it runs. However, because of the order in which things are initialised, this is not guaranteed to be the case, because the device is exposed to the USB subsystem before the ath9k driver initialisation is completed.

We already committed a partial fix for this in commit: 8b3046abc99e ("ath9khtc: fix NULL pointer dereference at ath9khtctxget_packet()")

However, that commit only aborted the WMITXSTATUSEVENTID command in the event tasklet, pairing it with an "initialisation complete" bit in the TX struct. It seems syzbot managed to trigger the race for one of the other commands as well, so let's just move the existing synchronisation bit to cover the whole tasklet (setting it at the end of ath9khtcprobedevice() instead of inside ath9ktx_init()).

References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
78c8397132dd4735ac6a7b5a651302f0b9f264ad
Fixed
1bc5461a21c56a36e2a7d81e152b90ce019a3905
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
735aefae7b68025cd04c482a940c0f6fc6797a63
Fixed
f8ff4b4df71e87f609be0cc37d92e918107f9b90
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
8b3046abc99eefe11438090bcc4ec3a3994b55d0
Fixed
74d0639261dd795dce958d1b14815bdcbb48a715
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
8b3046abc99eefe11438090bcc4ec3a3994b55d0
Fixed
a015fbf698c8957aa5fbeefc5c59dd2cf3107298
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
8b3046abc99eefe11438090bcc4ec3a3994b55d0
Fixed
ac90e22e735bac44f74b5161fb096fbeb0ff8bc2
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
8b3046abc99eefe11438090bcc4ec3a3994b55d0
Fixed
4afa0246656d5680c8a4c3fb37ba6570c4ab819b
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
8b3046abc99eefe11438090bcc4ec3a3994b55d0
Fixed
24355fcb0d4cbcb6ddda262596558e8cfba70f11
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
7bbc1a50a7963f14048f0e54b0b73159f86d4ea3

Affected versions

v5.*

v5.10.1
v5.10.10
v5.10.11
v5.10.12
v5.10.13
v5.10.136
v5.10.137
v5.10.138
v5.10.139
v5.10.14
v5.10.140
v5.10.141
v5.10.142
v5.10.143
v5.10.144
v5.10.145
v5.10.146
v5.10.147
v5.10.148
v5.10.149
v5.10.15
v5.10.150
v5.10.151
v5.10.152
v5.10.153
v5.10.154
v5.10.155
v5.10.156
v5.10.157
v5.10.158
v5.10.159
v5.10.16
v5.10.160
v5.10.161
v5.10.162
v5.10.163
v5.10.164
v5.10.165
v5.10.166
v5.10.167
v5.10.168
v5.10.169
v5.10.17
v5.10.170
v5.10.171
v5.10.172
v5.10.173
v5.10.174
v5.10.175
v5.10.176
v5.10.177
v5.10.178
v5.10.179
v5.10.18
v5.10.180
v5.10.181
v5.10.182
v5.10.183
v5.10.184
v5.10.185
v5.10.186
v5.10.187
v5.10.188
v5.10.189
v5.10.19
v5.10.190
v5.10.191
v5.10.192
v5.10.193
v5.10.194
v5.10.195
v5.10.196
v5.10.197
v5.10.198
v5.10.199
v5.10.2
v5.10.200
v5.10.201
v5.10.202
v5.10.203
v5.10.204
v5.10.205
v5.10.206
v5.10.207
v5.10.208
v5.10.209
v5.10.210
v5.10.211
v5.10.212
v5.10.213
v5.10.3
v5.10.4
v5.10.5
v5.10.6
v5.10.7
v5.10.8
v5.10.9
v5.11.1
v5.11.10
v5.11.11
v5.11.12
v5.11.13
v5.11.14
v5.11.15
v5.11.16
v5.11.17
v5.11.18
v5.11.19
v5.11.2
v5.11.20
v5.11.21
v5.11.3
v5.11.4
v5.11.5
v5.11.6
v5.11.7
v5.11.8
v5.11.9
v5.12.1
v5.12.10
v5.12.11
v5.12.12
v5.12.13
v5.12.14
v5.12.15
v5.12.16
v5.12.17
v5.12.18
v5.12.19
v5.12.2
v5.12.3
v5.12.4
v5.12.5
v5.12.6
v5.12.7
v5.12.8
v5.12.9
v5.13.1
v5.13.10
v5.13.11
v5.13.12
v5.13.13
v5.13.14
v5.13.15
v5.13.16
v5.13.17
v5.13.18
v5.13.2
v5.13.3
v5.13.4
v5.13.5
v5.13.6
v5.13.7
v5.13.8
v5.13.9
v5.14.1
v5.14.10
v5.14.11
v5.14.12
v5.14.13
v5.14.14
v5.14.15
v5.14.16
v5.14.17
v5.14.18
v5.14.19
v5.14.2
v5.14.20
v5.14.3
v5.14.4
v5.14.5
v5.14.6
v5.14.7
v5.14.8
v5.14.9
v5.15.1
v5.15.10
v5.15.100
v5.15.101
v5.15.102
v5.15.103
v5.15.104
v5.15.105
v5.15.106
v5.15.107
v5.15.108
v5.15.109
v5.15.11
v5.15.110
v5.15.111
v5.15.112
v5.15.113
v5.15.114
v5.15.115
v5.15.116
v5.15.117
v5.15.118
v5.15.119
v5.15.12
v5.15.120
v5.15.121
v5.15.122
v5.15.123
v5.15.124
v5.15.125
v5.15.126
v5.15.127
v5.15.128
v5.15.129
v5.15.13
v5.15.130
v5.15.131
v5.15.132
v5.15.133
v5.15.134
v5.15.135
v5.15.136
v5.15.137
v5.15.138
v5.15.139
v5.15.14
v5.15.140
v5.15.141
v5.15.142
v5.15.143
v5.15.144
v5.15.145
v5.15.146
v5.15.147
v5.15.148
v5.15.149
v5.15.15
v5.15.150
v5.15.151
v5.15.152
v5.15.16
v5.15.17
v5.15.18
v5.15.19
v5.15.2
v5.15.20
v5.15.21
v5.15.22
v5.15.23
v5.15.24
v5.15.25
v5.15.26
v5.15.27
v5.15.28
v5.15.29
v5.15.3
v5.15.30
v5.15.31
v5.15.32
v5.15.33
v5.15.34
v5.15.35
v5.15.36
v5.15.37
v5.15.38
v5.15.39
v5.15.4
v5.15.40
v5.15.41
v5.15.42
v5.15.43
v5.15.44
v5.15.45
v5.15.46
v5.15.47
v5.15.48
v5.15.49
v5.15.5
v5.15.50
v5.15.51
v5.15.52
v5.15.53
v5.15.54
v5.15.55
v5.15.56
v5.15.57
v5.15.58
v5.15.59
v5.15.6
v5.15.60
v5.15.61
v5.15.62
v5.15.63
v5.15.64
v5.15.65
v5.15.66
v5.15.67
v5.15.68
v5.15.69
v5.15.7
v5.15.70
v5.15.71
v5.15.72
v5.15.73
v5.15.74
v5.15.75
v5.15.76
v5.15.77
v5.15.78
v5.15.79
v5.15.8
v5.15.80
v5.15.81
v5.15.82
v5.15.83
v5.15.84
v5.15.85
v5.15.86
v5.15.87
v5.15.88
v5.15.89
v5.15.9
v5.15.90
v5.15.91
v5.15.92
v5.15.93
v5.15.94
v5.15.95
v5.15.96
v5.15.97
v5.15.98
v5.15.99
v5.16
v5.16-rc6
v5.16-rc7
v5.16-rc8
v5.16.10
v5.16.11
v5.16.12
v5.16.13
v5.16.14
v5.16.15
v5.16.16
v5.16.17
v5.16.18
v5.16.19
v5.16.20
v5.16.3
v5.16.4
v5.16.5
v5.16.6
v5.16.7
v5.16.8
v5.16.9
v5.17
v5.17-rc1
v5.17-rc2
v5.17-rc3
v5.17-rc4
v5.17-rc5
v5.17-rc6
v5.17-rc7
v5.17-rc8
v5.17.1
v5.17.10
v5.17.11
v5.17.12
v5.17.13
v5.17.14
v5.17.2
v5.17.3
v5.17.4
v5.17.5
v5.17.6
v5.17.7
v5.17.8
v5.17.9
v5.18
v5.18-rc1
v5.18-rc2
v5.18-rc3
v5.18-rc4
v5.18-rc5
v5.18-rc6
v5.18-rc7
v5.18.1
v5.18.10
v5.18.11
v5.18.12
v5.18.13
v5.18.14
v5.18.15
v5.18.16
v5.18.17
v5.18.18
v5.18.19
v5.18.2
v5.18.3
v5.18.4
v5.18.5
v5.18.6
v5.18.7
v5.18.8
v5.18.9
v5.19
v5.19-rc1
v5.19-rc2
v5.19-rc3
v5.19-rc4
v5.19-rc5
v5.19-rc6
v5.19-rc7
v5.19-rc8
v5.19.1
v5.19.10
v5.19.11
v5.19.12
v5.19.13
v5.19.14
v5.19.15
v5.19.16
v5.19.2
v5.19.3
v5.19.4
v5.19.5
v5.19.6
v5.19.7
v5.19.8
v5.19.9
v5.6.1
v5.6.10
v5.6.11
v5.6.12
v5.6.13
v5.6.14
v5.6.15
v5.6.16
v5.6.17
v5.6.18
v5.6.2
v5.6.3
v5.6.4
v5.6.5
v5.6.6
v5.6.7
v5.6.8
v5.6.9
v5.7.1
v5.7.10
v5.7.11
v5.7.12
v5.7.13
v5.7.14
v5.7.15
v5.7.16
v5.7.2
v5.7.3
v5.7.4
v5.7.5
v5.7.6
v5.7.7
v5.7.8
v5.7.9
v5.8.1
v5.8.10
v5.8.11
v5.8.12
v5.8.13
v5.8.14
v5.8.15
v5.8.16
v5.8.17
v5.8.18
v5.8.2
v5.8.3
v5.8.4
v5.8.5
v5.8.6
v5.8.7
v5.8.8
v5.8.9
v5.9.1
v5.9.10
v5.9.11
v5.9.12
v5.9.13
v5.9.14
v5.9.15
v5.9.16
v5.9.2
v5.9.3
v5.9.4
v5.9.5
v5.9.6
v5.9.7
v5.9.8
v5.9.9

v6.*

v6.0
v6.0-rc1
v6.0-rc2
v6.0-rc3
v6.0-rc4
v6.0-rc5
v6.0-rc6
v6.0-rc7
v6.0.1
v6.0.10
v6.0.11
v6.0.12
v6.0.13
v6.0.14
v6.0.15
v6.0.16
v6.0.17
v6.0.18
v6.0.2
v6.0.3
v6.0.4
v6.0.5
v6.0.6
v6.0.7
v6.0.8
v6.0.9
v6.1
v6.1-rc1
v6.1-rc2
v6.1-rc3
v6.1-rc4
v6.1-rc5
v6.1-rc6
v6.1-rc7
v6.1-rc8
v6.1.1
v6.1.10
v6.1.11
v6.1.12
v6.1.13
v6.1.14
v6.1.15
v6.1.16
v6.1.17
v6.1.18
v6.1.19
v6.1.2
v6.1.20
v6.1.21
v6.1.22
v6.1.23
v6.1.24
v6.1.25
v6.1.26
v6.1.27
v6.1.28
v6.1.29
v6.1.3
v6.1.30
v6.1.31
v6.1.32
v6.1.33
v6.1.34
v6.1.35
v6.1.36
v6.1.37
v6.1.38
v6.1.39
v6.1.4
v6.1.40
v6.1.41
v6.1.42
v6.1.43
v6.1.44
v6.1.45
v6.1.46
v6.1.47
v6.1.48
v6.1.49
v6.1.5
v6.1.50
v6.1.51
v6.1.52
v6.1.53
v6.1.54
v6.1.55
v6.1.56
v6.1.57
v6.1.58
v6.1.59
v6.1.6
v6.1.60
v6.1.61
v6.1.62
v6.1.63
v6.1.64
v6.1.65
v6.1.66
v6.1.67
v6.1.68
v6.1.69
v6.1.7
v6.1.70
v6.1.71
v6.1.72
v6.1.73
v6.1.74
v6.1.75
v6.1.76
v6.1.77
v6.1.78
v6.1.79
v6.1.8
v6.1.80
v6.1.81
v6.1.82
v6.1.9
v6.10
v6.10-rc1
v6.10-rc2
v6.10-rc3
v6.10-rc4
v6.10-rc5
v6.10-rc6
v6.10-rc7
v6.10.1
v6.10.10
v6.10.11
v6.10.12
v6.10.13
v6.10.2
v6.10.3
v6.10.4
v6.10.5
v6.10.6
v6.10.7
v6.10.8
v6.10.9
v6.11
v6.11-rc1
v6.11-rc2
v6.11-rc3
v6.11-rc4
v6.11-rc5
v6.11-rc6
v6.11-rc7
v6.11.1
v6.11.10
v6.11.11
v6.11.2
v6.11.3
v6.11.4
v6.11.5
v6.11.6
v6.11.7
v6.11.8
v6.11.9
v6.12
v6.12-rc1
v6.12-rc2
v6.12-rc3
v6.12-rc4
v6.12-rc5
v6.12-rc6
v6.12-rc7
v6.12.1
v6.12.10
v6.12.11
v6.12.12
v6.12.13
v6.12.14
v6.12.2
v6.12.3
v6.12.4
v6.12.5
v6.12.6
v6.12.7
v6.12.8
v6.12.9
v6.13
v6.13-rc1
v6.13-rc2
v6.13-rc3
v6.13-rc4
v6.13-rc5
v6.13-rc6
v6.13-rc7
v6.13.1
v6.13.10
v6.13.11
v6.13.12
v6.13.2
v6.13.3
v6.13.4
v6.13.5
v6.13.6
v6.13.7
v6.13.8
v6.13.9
v6.14
v6.14-rc1
v6.14-rc2
v6.14-rc3
v6.14-rc4
v6.14-rc5
v6.14-rc6
v6.14-rc7
v6.14.1
v6.14.10
v6.14.11
v6.14.2
v6.14.3
v6.14.4
v6.14.5
v6.14.6
v6.14.7
v6.14.8
v6.14.9
v6.15
v6.15-rc1
v6.15-rc2
v6.15-rc3
v6.15-rc4
v6.15-rc5
v6.15-rc6
v6.15-rc7
v6.15.1
v6.15.10
v6.15.11
v6.15.2
v6.15.3
v6.15.4
v6.15.5
v6.15.6
v6.15.7
v6.15.8
v6.15.9
v6.16
v6.16-rc1
v6.16-rc2
v6.16-rc3
v6.16-rc4
v6.16-rc5
v6.16-rc6
v6.16-rc7
v6.16.1
v6.16.10
v6.16.11
v6.16.2
v6.16.3
v6.16.4
v6.16.5
v6.16.6
v6.16.7
v6.16.8
v6.16.9
v6.2
v6.2-rc1
v6.2-rc2
v6.2-rc3
v6.2-rc4
v6.2-rc5
v6.2-rc6
v6.2-rc7
v6.2-rc8
v6.2.1
v6.2.10
v6.2.11
v6.2.12
v6.2.13
v6.2.14
v6.2.15
v6.2.2
v6.2.3
v6.2.4
v6.2.5
v6.2.6
v6.2.7
v6.2.8
v6.2.9
v6.3
v6.3-rc1
v6.3-rc2
v6.3-rc3
v6.3-rc4
v6.3-rc5
v6.3-rc6
v6.3-rc7
v6.3.1
v6.3.10
v6.3.11
v6.3.12
v6.3.2
v6.3.3
v6.3.4
v6.3.5
v6.3.6
v6.3.7
v6.3.8
v6.3.9
v6.4
v6.4-rc1
v6.4-rc2
v6.4-rc3
v6.4-rc4
v6.4-rc5
v6.4-rc6
v6.4-rc7
v6.4.1
v6.4.10
v6.4.11
v6.4.12
v6.4.13
v6.4.14
v6.4.15
v6.4.16
v6.4.2
v6.4.3
v6.4.4
v6.4.5
v6.4.6
v6.4.7
v6.4.8
v6.4.9
v6.5
v6.5-rc1
v6.5-rc2
v6.5-rc3
v6.5-rc4
v6.5-rc5
v6.5-rc6
v6.5-rc7
v6.5.1
v6.5.10
v6.5.11
v6.5.12
v6.5.13
v6.5.2
v6.5.3
v6.5.4
v6.5.5
v6.5.6
v6.5.7
v6.5.8
v6.5.9
v6.6
v6.6-rc1
v6.6-rc2
v6.6-rc3
v6.6-rc4
v6.6-rc5
v6.6-rc6
v6.6-rc7
v6.6.1
v6.6.10
v6.6.11
v6.6.12
v6.6.13
v6.6.14
v6.6.15
v6.6.16
v6.6.17
v6.6.18
v6.6.19
v6.6.2
v6.6.20
v6.6.21
v6.6.22
v6.6.3
v6.6.4
v6.6.5
v6.6.6
v6.6.7
v6.6.8
v6.6.9
v6.7
v6.7-rc1
v6.7-rc2
v6.7-rc3
v6.7-rc4
v6.7-rc5
v6.7-rc6
v6.7-rc7
v6.7-rc8
v6.7.1
v6.7.10
v6.7.11
v6.7.2
v6.7.3
v6.7.4
v6.7.5
v6.7.6
v6.7.7
v6.7.8
v6.7.9
v6.8
v6.8-rc1
v6.8-rc2
v6.8-rc3
v6.8-rc4
v6.8-rc5
v6.8-rc6
v6.8-rc7
v6.8.1
v6.8.10
v6.8.11
v6.8.2
v6.8.3
v6.8.4
v6.8.5
v6.8.6
v6.8.7
v6.8.8
v6.8.9
v6.9
v6.9-rc1
v6.9-rc2
v6.9-rc3
v6.9-rc4
v6.9-rc5
v6.9-rc6
v6.9-rc7
v6.9.1
v6.9.10
v6.9.11
v6.9.12
v6.9.2
v6.9.3
v6.9.4
v6.9.5
v6.9.6
v6.9.7
v6.9.8
v6.9.9

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.10.214
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.153
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.83
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.17.0
Fixed
6.6.23
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.7.11
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.8.2