Vulnerability CVE-2023-52776


Published: 2024-05-21

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

wifi: ath12k: fix dfs-radar and temperature event locking

The ath12k active pdevs are protected by RCU but the DFS-radar and
temperature event handling code calling ath12k_mac_get_ar_by_pdev_id()
was not marked as a read-side critical section.

Mark the code in question as RCU read-side critical sections to avoid
any potential use-after-free issues.

Note that the temperature event handler looks like a place holder
currently but would still trigger an RCU lockdep splat.

Compile tested only.

 References:
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/774de37c147fea81f2c2e4be5082304f4f71d535
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7a5f7f76568e48869916d769e28b9f3ca70c78e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69bd216e049349886405b1c87a55dce3d35d1ba7

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