CVE-2022-49130

MEDIUM
Published Feb 26, 2025 Modified Oct 1, 2025 CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ath11k: mhi: use mhi_sync_power_up() If amss.bin was missing ath11k would crash during 'rmmod ath11k_pci'. The reason for that was that we were using mhi_async_power_up() which does not check any errors. But mhi_sync_power_up() on the other hand does check for errors so let's use that to fix the crash. I was not able to find a reason why an async version was used. ath11k_mhi_start() (which enables state ATH11K_MHI_POWER_ON) is called from ath11k_hif_power_up(), which can sleep. So sync version should be safe to use here. [ 145.569731] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC KASAN PTI [ 145.569789] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] [ 145.569843] CPU: 2 PID: 1628 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 5.16.0-wt-ath+ #567 [ 145.569898] Hardware name: Intel(R) Client Systems NUC8i7HVK/NUC8i7HVB, BIOS HNKBLi70.86A.0067.2021.0528.1339 05/28/2021 [ 145.569956] RIP: 0010:ath11k_hal_srng_access_begin+0xb5/0x2b0 [ath11k] [ 145.570028] Code: df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 ec 01 00 00 48 8b ab a8 00 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 ea 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 14 02 48 89 e8 83 e0 07 83 c0 03 45 85 ed 75 48 38 d0 7c 08 [ 145.570089] RSP: 0018:ffffc900025d7ac0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 145.570144] RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff88814fca2dd8 RCX: 1ffffffff50cb455 [ 145.570196] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff88814fca2dd8 RDI: ffff88814fca2e80 [ 145.570252] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffffa8659497 [ 145.570329] R10: fffffbfff50cb292 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff88814fca0000 [ 145.570410] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff88814fca2798 R15: ffff88814fca2dd8 [ 145.570465] FS: 00007fa399988540(0000) GS:ffff888233e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 145.570519] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 145.570571] CR2: 00007fa399b51421 CR3: 0000000137898002 CR4: 00000000003706e0 [ 145.570623] Call Trace: [ 145.570675] <TASK> [ 145.570727] ? ath11k_ce_tx_process_cb+0x34b/0x860 [ath11k] [ 145.570797] ath11k_ce_tx_process_cb+0x356/0x860 [ath11k] [ 145.570864] ? tasklet_init+0x150/0x150 [ 145.570919] ? ath11k_ce_alloc_pipes+0x280/0x280 [ath11k] [ 145.570986] ? tasklet_clear_sched+0x42/0xe0 [ 145.571042] ? tasklet_kill+0xe9/0x1b0 [ 145.571095] ? tasklet_clear_sched+0xe0/0xe0 [ 145.571148] ? irq_has_action+0x120/0x120 [ 145.571202] ath11k_ce_cleanup_pipes+0x45a/0x580 [ath11k] [ 145.571270] ? ath11k_pci_stop+0x10e/0x170 [ath11k_pci] [ 145.571345] ath11k_core_stop+0x8a/0xc0 [ath11k] [ 145.571434] ath11k_core_deinit+0x9e/0x150 [ath11k] [ 145.571499] ath11k_pci_remove+0xd2/0x260 [ath11k_pci] [ 145.571553] pci_device_remove+0x9a/0x1c0 [ 145.571605] __device_release_driver+0x332/0x660 [ 145.571659] driver_detach+0x1e7/0x2c0 [ 145.571712] bus_remove_driver+0xe2/0x2d0 [ 145.571772] pci_unregister_driver+0x21/0x250 [ 145.571826] __do_sys_delete_module+0x30a/0x4b0 [ 145.571879] ? free_module+0xac0/0xac0 [ 145.571933] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare.part.0+0x18c/0x370 [ 145.571986] ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x1d/0x50 [ 145.572039] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x79/0x100 [ 145.572097] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [ 145.572153] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03003-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-2

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CVSS v3.1 Score

5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-476 CWE-476

Affected Products

Vendor Product
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-49130? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ath11k: mhi: use mhi_sync_power_up() If amss.bin was missing ath11k would crash during 'rmmod ath11k_pci'. The reason for that was that we were using mhi_async_power_up() which does not check any errors. But mhi_sync_power_up() on the other hand does check for errors so let's use that to fix the crash. I was not able to find a reason why an async version was used. ath11k_mhi_start() (which enables state ATH11K_MHI_POWER_ON) is called from ath11k_hif_power_up(), which can sleep. So sync version should be safe to use here. [ 145.569731] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC KASAN PTI [ 145.569789] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] [ 145.569843] CPU: 2 PID: 1628 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 5.16.0-wt-ath+ #567 [ 145.569898] Hardware name: Intel(R) Client Systems NUC8i7HVK/NUC8i7HVB, BIOS HNKBLi70.86A.0067.2021.0528.1339 05/28/2021 [ 145.569956] RIP: 0010:ath11k_hal_srng_access_begin+0xb5/0x2b0 [ath11k] [ 145.570028] Code: df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 ec 01 00 00 48 8b ab a8 00 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 ea 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 14 02 48 89 e8 83 e0 07 83 c0 03 45 85 ed 75 48 38 d0 7c 08 [ 145.570089] RSP: 0018:ffffc900025d7ac0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 145.570144] RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff88814fca2dd8 RCX: 1ffffffff50cb455 [ 145.570196] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff88814fca2dd8 RDI: ffff88814fca2e80 [ 145.570252] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffffa8659497 [ 145.570329] R10: fffffbfff50cb292 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff88814fca0000 [ 145.570410] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff88814fca2798 R15: ffff88814fca2dd8 [ 145.570465] FS: 00007fa399988540(0000) GS:ffff888233e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 145.570519] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 145.570571] CR2: 00007fa399b51421 CR3: 0000000137898002 CR4: 00000000003706e0 [ 145.570623] Call Trace: [ 145.570675] <TASK> [ 145.570727] ? ath11k_ce_tx_process_cb+0x34b/0x860 [ath11k] [ 145.570797] ath11k_ce_tx_process_cb+0x356/0x860 [ath11k] [ 145.570864] ? tasklet_init+0x150/0x150 [ 145.570919] ? ath11k_ce_alloc_pipes+0x280/0x280 [ath11k] [ 145.570986] ? tasklet_clear_sched+0x42/0xe0 [ 145.571042] ? tasklet_kill+0xe9/0x1b0 [ 145.571095] ? tasklet_clear_sched+0xe0/0xe0 [ 145.571148] ? irq_has_action+0x120/0x120 [ 145.571202] ath11k_ce_cleanup_pipes+0x45a/0x580 [ath11k] [ 145.571270] ? ath11k_pci_stop+0x10e/0x170 [ath11k_pci] [ 145.571345] ath11k_core_stop+0x8a/0xc0 [ath11k] [ 145.571434] ath11k_core_deinit+0x9e/0x150 [ath11k] [ 145.571499] ath11k_pci_remove+0xd2/0x260 [ath11k_pci] [ 145.571553] pci_device_remove+0x9a/0x1c0 [ 145.571605] __device_release_driver+0x332/0x660 [ 145.571659] driver_detach+0x1e7/0x2c0 [ 145.571712] bus_remove_driver+0xe2/0x2d0 [ 145.571772] pci_unregister_driver+0x21/0x250 [ 145.571826] __do_sys_delete_module+0x30a/0x4b0 [ 145.571879] ? free_module+0xac0/0xac0 [ 145.571933] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare.part.0+0x18c/0x370 [ 145.571986] ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x1d/0x50 [ 145.572039] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x79/0x100 [ 145.572097] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [ 145.572153] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03003-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-2 It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).
How severe is CVE-2022-49130? +
CVE-2022-49130 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance.
What products are affected by CVE-2022-49130? +
CVE-2022-49130 affects products from linux, specifically: linux_kernel. Check the affected products table above for specific version ranges.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2022-49130? +
You can use Secably's free Website Scanner to check your website for known vulnerabilities. For infrastructure scanning, use the Port Scanner to identify exposed services that may be affected. Check the vendor advisories linked above for specific patch and version information.

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