CVE-2022-49131 ath11k: fix kernel panic during unload/load ath11k modules
A missing cleanup in the ath11k driver causes a kernel panic during module reload, leading to a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-49131?
CVE-2022-49131 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ath11k: fix kernel panic during unload/load ath11k modules
Call netif_napi_del() from ath11k_ahb_free_ext_irq() to fix the following kernel panic when unload/load ath11k modules for few iterations.
[ 971.201365] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 6d97a208 [ 971.204227] pgd = 594c2919 [ 971.211478] [6d97a208] *pgd=00000000 [ 971.214120] Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM [ 971.412024] CPU: 2 PID: 4435 Comm: insmod Not tainted 5.4.89 #0 [ 971.434256] Hardware name: Generic DT based system [ 971.440165] PC is at napi_by_id+0x10/0x40 [ 971.445019] LR is at netif_napi_add+0x160/0x1dc
[ 971.743127] (napi_by_id) from [<807d89a0>] (netif_napi_add+0x160/0x1dc) [ 971.751295] (netif_napi_add) from [<7f1209ac>] (ath11k_ahb_config_irq+0xf8/0x414 [ath11k_ahb]) [ 971.759164] (ath11k_ahb_config_irq [ath11k_ahb]) from [<7f12135c>] (ath11k_ahb_probe+0x40c/0x51c [ath11k_ahb]) [ 971.768567] (ath11k_ahb_probe [ath11k_ahb]) from [<80666864>] (platform_drv_probe+0x48/0x94) [ 971.779670] (platform_drv_probe) from [<80664718>] (really_probe+0x1c8/0x450) [ 971.789389] (really_probe) from [<80664cc4>] (driver_probe_device+0x15c/0x1b8) [ 971.797547] (driver_probe_device) from [<80664f60>] (device_driver_attach+0x44/0x60) [ 971.805795] (device_driver_attach) from [<806650a0>] (__driver_attach+0x124/0x140) [ 971.814822] (__driver_attach) from [<80662adc>] (bus_for_each_dev+0x58/0xa4) [ 971.823328] (bus_for_each_dev) from [<80663a2c>] (bus_add_driver+0xf0/0x1e8) [ 971.831662] (bus_add_driver) from [<806658a4>] (driver_register+0xa8/0xf0) [ 971.839822] (driver_register) from [<8030269c>] (do_one_initcall+0x78/0x1ac) [ 971.847638] (do_one_initcall) from [<80392524>] (do_init_module+0x54/0x200) [ 971.855968] (do_init_module) from [<803945b0>] (load_module+0x1e30/0x1ffc) [ 971.864126] (load_module) from [<803948b0>] (sys_init_module+0x134/0x17c) [ 971.871852] (sys_init_module) from [<80301000>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x50)
Tested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.6.0.1-00760-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49131?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-49131?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2022-49131 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49131 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49131, GHSA-wvpr-fjqj-5xh3, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49131.