{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2025-39732", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-04-16T07:20:57.118Z", "datePublished": "2025-09-07T15:16:20.684Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:04:54.494Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:04:54.494Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath11k: fix sleeping-in-atomic in ath11k_mac_op_set_bitrate_mask()\n\nath11k_mac_disable_peer_fixed_rate() is passed as the iterator to\nieee80211_iterate_stations_atomic(). Note in this case the iterator is\nrequired to be atomic, however ath11k_mac_disable_peer_fixed_rate() does\nnot follow it as it might sleep. Consequently below warning is seen:\n\nBUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at wmi.c:304\nCall Trace:\n \n dump_stack_lvl\n __might_resched.cold\n ath11k_wmi_cmd_send\n ath11k_wmi_set_peer_param\n ath11k_mac_disable_peer_fixed_rate\n ieee80211_iterate_stations_atomic\n ath11k_mac_op_set_bitrate_mask.cold\n\nChange to ieee80211_iterate_stations_mtx() to fix this issue.\n\nTested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3.6510.30" } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The vulnerable driver op is only reachable through local configuration interfaces — the nl80211 netlink command NL80211_CMD_SET_TX_BITRATE_MASK or the legacy WEXT SIOCSIWRATE ioctl on the wireless netdev. No received 802.11 frame or remote peer action can invoke ath11k_mac_op_set_bitrate_mask(), so the attack surface is local syscall/netlink only.\nAC:L - The atomic-context violation is unconditional: every invocation of the affected branches runs a might_sleep()/wait_event_timeout() callback inside rcu_read_lock(), and the attacker fully controls the bitrate mask that selects those branches. Extending it to an actual block (and thus a grace-period-completing context switch) only requires having peers associated and saturating WMI credits, both of which the attacker can arrange.\nPR:L - Both entry points gate on CAP_NET_ADMIN (GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM for nl80211, capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) for WEXT), which is a namespace-aware network-administration capability rather than real root, and is routinely delegated to unprivileged-facing daemons (wpa_supplicant, NetworkManager helpers, hostapd) on phones, APs and embedded gateways.\nUI:N - The attacker performs the bitrate-mask configuration itself; no second user has to open a file, mount media, or take any action for the bug to fire.\nS:U - The fault, the corrupted RCU-protected station list, and the resulting crash all stay within the same kernel security authority on the host; no VM, IOMMU, container, or sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:H - Blocking for up to WMI_SEND_TIMEOUT_HZ inside the rcu_read_lock() of __iterate_stations() lets the grace period complete on non-preemptible-RCU builds, so a concurrently destroyed sta_info can be freed and reallocated while the iterator is parked on it; the resumed list_for_each_entry_rcu() then reads freed/attacker-groomed heap through sta->addr and the list pointers, leaking that content into the WMI peer command and the ath11k_warn(\"...for STA %pM\") log line.\nI:H - The same use-after-free lets the traversal follow a dangling next pointer into reclaimed, attacker-sprayable memory and feed the resulting garbage into firmware peer-parameter commands, and __schedule_bug() additionally resets the preempt count, leaving the scheduler's atomic-nesting state inconsistent for the remainder of the task.\nA:H - The bug reliably produces a \"BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context\" splat plus a scheduling-while-atomic BUG with full call trace, which escalates to a full panic on panic_on_warn/panic_on_oops kernels common in embedded and cloud images, and the RCU-list use-after-free can oops the kernel outright." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d", "lessThan": "9c0e3144924c7db701575a73af341d33184afeaf", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d", "lessThan": "7d4d0db0dc9424de2bdc0b45e919e4892603356f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d", "lessThan": "6bdef22d540258ca06f079f7b6ae100669a19b47", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d", "lessThan": "65c12b104cb942d588a1a093acc4537fb3d3b129", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.6", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.6", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.42", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.15.10", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.16.1", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.16.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.17", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.42" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.15.10" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.16.1" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.17" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c0e3144924c7db701575a73af341d33184afeaf" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d4d0db0dc9424de2bdc0b45e919e4892603356f" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bdef22d540258ca06f079f7b6ae100669a19b47" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65c12b104cb942d588a1a093acc4537fb3d3b129" } ], "title": "wifi: ath11k: fix sleeping-in-atomic in ath11k_mac_op_set_bitrate_mask()", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }