CVE-2026-68362

Summary

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

wifi: ath11k: fix NULL pointer dereference in ath11k_hal_srng_access_begin

In ATH11K_QMI_EVENT_FW_READY, ATH11K_FLAG_REGISTERED is set unconditionally even when ath11k_core_qmi_firmware_ready() fails. This leaves the driver in an inconsistent state where initialization is considered complete although the firmware ready handling did not finish successfully. During the subsequent SSR, the driver enters the restart path based on this incorrect state and dereferences uninitialized srng members, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference.

Call trace: ath11k_hal_srng_access_begin+0xc/0x60 [ath11k] (P) ath11k_ce_cleanup_pipes+0x17c/0x180 [ath11k] ath11k_core_restart+0x40/0x168 [ath11k]

Fix this by:

  • skipping firmware_ready if ATH11K_FLAG_REGISTERED is already set
  • setting ATH11K_FLAG_REGISTERED only when firmware_ready succeeds
  • setting ATH11K_FLAG_QMI_FAIL and aborting the FW_READY handling on error

Tested-on: WCN6750 hw1.0 AHB WLAN.MSL.2.0.c2-00204-QCAMSLSWPLZ-1

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux6fe62a8cec51c756159c71be35a16b2cc8cbd4c0 < e517e207300edcf7f3a8f6c45f9155c0e419ffb9affected
LinuxLinux6fe62a8cec51c756159c71be35a16b2cc8cbd4c0 < d6bba659ac30d862ee7bab92862cd6e514f07521affected
LinuxLinux6fe62a8cec51c756159c71be35a16b2cc8cbd4c0 < e5394605f9a985cc3a8263e610ba84b33cbe7b0caffected
LinuxLinux6fe62a8cec51c756159c71be35a16b2cc8cbd4c0 < 4abb4e284d8897176e91d7a3168ee29ed876bb41affected
LinuxLinux6fe62a8cec51c756159c71be35a16b2cc8cbd4c0 < e8d85672dd7e2523f774caafba8f858384e18df7affected
LinuxLinux6.1affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.1unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.148 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.101 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.42 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1.6 <= 7.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2-rc5 <= *unaffected

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