CVE-2021-47633

ath5k: fix OOB in ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111

published February 26, 2025

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
17.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

ath5k: fix OOB in ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111

The bug was found during fuzzing. Stacktrace locates it in

ath5k_eeprom_convert_pcal_info_5111.

When none of the curve is selected in the loop, idx can go

up to AR5K_EEPROM_N_PD_CURVES. The line makes pd out of bound.

pd = &chinfo[pier].pd_curves[idx];

There are many OOB writes using pd later in the code. So I

added a sanity check for idx. Checks for other loops involving

AR5K_EEPROM_N_PD_CURVES are not needed as the loop index is not

used outside the loops.

The patch is NOT tested with real device.

The following is the fuzzing report

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111+0x126a/0x1390 [ath5k]

Write of size 1 at addr ffff8880174a4d60 by task modprobe/214

CPU: 0 PID: 214 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 5.6.0 #1

Call Trace:

dump_stack+0x76/0xa0

print_address_description.constprop.0+0x16/0x200

? ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111+0x126a/0x1390 [ath5k]

? ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111+0x126a/0x1390 [ath5k]

__kasan_report.cold+0x37/0x7c

? ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111+0x126a/0x1390 [ath5k]

kasan_report+0xe/0x20

ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111+0x126a/0x1390 [ath5k]

? apic_timer_interrupt+0xa/0x20

? ath5k_eeprom_init_11a_pcal_freq+0xbc0/0xbc0 [ath5k]

? ath5k_pci_eeprom_read+0x228/0x3c0 [ath5k]

ath5k_eeprom_init+0x2513/0x6290 [ath5k]

? ath5k_eeprom_init_11a_pcal_freq+0xbc0/0xbc0 [ath5k]

? usleep_range+0xb8/0x100

? apic_timer_interrupt+0xa/0x20

? ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_2413+0x2f20/0x2f20 [ath5k]

ath5k_hw_init+0xb60/0x1970 [ath5k]

ath5k_init_ah+0x6fe/0x2530 [ath5k]

? kasprintf+0xa6/0xe0

? ath5k_stop+0x140/0x140 [ath5k]

? _dev_notice+0xf6/0xf6

? apic_timer_interrupt+0xa/0x20

ath5k_pci_probe.cold+0x29a/0x3d6 [ath5k]

? ath5k_pci_eeprom_read+0x3c0/0x3c0 [ath5k]

? mutex_lock+0x89/0xd0

? ath5k_pci_eeprom_read+0x3c0/0x3c0 [ath5k]

local_pci_probe+0xd3/0x160

pci_device_probe+0x23f/0x3e0

? pci_device_remove+0x280/0x280

? pci_device_remove+0x280/0x280

really_probe+0x209/0x5d0

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00263 · 17.2th percentile
Published
2025-02-26T01:54Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 FEB 01:54Z
    ath5k: fix OOB in ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111
    cvelistv5