Vulnerability · Published Feb 26, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-49235ath9k_htc: fix uninit value bugs

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ath9k_htc: fix uninit value bugs Syzbot reported 2 KMSAN bugs in ath9k. All of them are caused by missing field initialization. In htc_connect_service() svc_meta_len and pad are not initialized. Based on code it looks like in current skb there is no service data, so simply initialize svc_meta_len to 0. htc_issue_send() does not initialize htc_frame_hdr::control array. Based on firmware code, it will initialize it by itself, so simply zero whole array to make KMSAN happy Fail logs: BUG: KMSAN: kernel-usb-infoleak in usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430 usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430 hif_usb_send_regout drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:127 [inline] hif_usb_send+0x5f0/0x16f0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:479 htc_issue_send drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:34 [inline] htc_connect_service+0x143e/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:275 ... Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:524 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3251 [inline] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xe0c/0x1510 mm/slub.c:4974 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:354 [inline] __alloc_skb+0x545/0xf90 net/core/skbuff.c:426 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1126 [inline] htc_connect_service+0x1029/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:258 ... Bytes 4-7 of 18 are uninitialized Memory access of size 18 starts at ffff888027377e00 BUG: KMSAN: kernel-usb-infoleak in usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430 usb_submit_urb+0x6c1/0x2aa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:430 hif_usb_send_regout drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:127 [inline] hif_usb_send+0x5f0/0x16f0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:479 htc_issue_send drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:34 [inline] htc_connect_service+0x143e/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:275 ... Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:524 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3251 [inline] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xe0c/0x1510 mm/slub.c:4974 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:354 [inline] __alloc_skb+0x545/0xf90 net/core/skbuff.c:426 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1126 [inline] htc_connect_service+0x1029/0x1960 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c:258 ... Bytes 16-17 of 18 are uninitialized Memory access of size 18 starts at ffff888027377e00

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.17.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49235
Debian:13linux5.17.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49235
Debian:14linux5.17.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-37.39UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1011.14UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1010.12UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1008.12UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1008.10UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1007.8UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1008.11UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1010.11UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-37.39UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1009.12UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1011.13UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49235

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 – before 5c2a6a8daa17a3f65b38b9a5574bb362c13fa1d9fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 – before e352acdd378e9263cc4c6018e588f2dac7161d07fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 – before ee4222052a76559c20e821bc3519cefb58b6d3e9fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 – before 4d244b731188e0b63fc40a9d2dec72e9181fb37cfb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 – before 11f11ac281f0c0b363d2940204f28bae0422ed71fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 – before 0b700f7d06492de34964b6f414120043364f8191fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 – before 7da6169b6ebb75816b57be3beb829afa74f3b4b6fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 – before 5abf2b761b998063f5e2bae93fd4ab10e2a80f10
Linux Linux 2.6.35

Weakness: CWE-908 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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