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High severity Unreviewed Published Mar 1, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Dec 10, 2024

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Patched versions

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Description

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

rtw88: Fix array overrun in rtw_get_tx_power_params()

Using a kernel with the Undefined Behaviour Sanity Checker (UBSAN) enabled, the
following array overrun is logged:

================================================================================
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in /home/finger/wireless-drivers-next/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/phy.c:1789:34
index 5 is out of range for type 'u8 [5]'
CPU: 2 PID: 84 Comm: kworker/u16:3 Tainted: G O 5.12.0-rc5-00086-gd88bba47038e-dirty #651
Hardware name: TOSHIBA TECRA A50-A/TECRA A50-A, BIOS Version 4.50 09/29/2014
Workqueue: phy0 ieee80211_scan_work [mac80211]
Call Trace:
dump_stack+0x64/0x7c
ubsan_epilogue+0x5/0x40
__ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds.cold+0x43/0x48
rtw_get_tx_power_params+0x83a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/0xad0 [rtw_core]
? rtw_pci_read16+0x20/0x20 [rtw_pci]
? check_hw_ready+0x50/0x90 [rtw_core]
rtw_phy_get_tx_power_index+0x4d/0xd0 [rtw_core]
rtw_phy_set_tx_power_level+0xee/0x1b0 [rtw_core]
rtw_set_channel+0xab/0x110 [rtw_core]
rtw_ops_config+0x87/0xc0 [rtw_core]
ieee80211_hw_config+0x9d/0x130 [mac80211]
ieee80211_scan_state_set_channel+0x81/0x170 [mac80211]
ieee80211_scan_work+0x19f/0x2a0 [mac80211]
process_one_work+0x1dd/0x3a0
worker_thread+0x49/0x330
? rescuer_thread+0x3a0/0x3a0
kthread+0x134/0x150
? kthread_create_worker_on_cpu+0x70/0x70
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

The statement where an array is being overrun is shown in the following snippet:

if (rate <= DESC_RATE11M)
	tx_power = pwr_idx_2g->cck_base[group];
else

====> tx_power = pwr_idx_2g->bw40_base[group];

The associated arrays are defined in main.h as follows:

struct rtw_2g_txpwr_idx {
u8 cck_base[6];
u8 bw40_base[5];
struct rtw_2g_1s_pwr_idx_diff ht_1s_diff;
struct rtw_2g_ns_pwr_idx_diff ht_2s_diff;
struct rtw_2g_ns_pwr_idx_diff ht_3s_diff;
struct rtw_2g_ns_pwr_idx_diff ht_4s_diff;
};

The problem arises because the value of group is 5 for channel 14. The trivial
increase in the dimension of bw40_base fails as this struct must match the layout of
efuse. The fix is to add the rate as an argument to rtw_get_channel_group() and set
the group for channel 14 to 4 if rate <= DESC_RATE11M.

This patch fixes commit fa6dfe6bff24 ("rtw88: resolve order of tx power setting routines")

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 29, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 1, 2024
Last updated Dec 10, 2024

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-47065

GHSA ID

GHSA-7p9v-9x3x-2f79

Source code

No known source code

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