Answer in brief
CVE-2024-38572 records a High severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in wifi: ath12k: fix out-of-bound access of qmi_invoke_handler(). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 <95575de7dede7b1ed3b9718dab9dda97914ea775 || >=d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 <b48d40f5840c505b7af700594aa8379eec28e925 || >=d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 <a1abdb63628b04855a929850772de97435ed1555 || >=d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 <e1bdff48a1bb4a4ac660c19c55a820968c48b3f2 | 95575de7dede7b1ed3b9718dab9dda97914ea775, b48d40f5840c505b7af700594aa8379eec28e925, a1abdb63628b04855a929850772de97435ed1555, e1bdff48a1bb4a4ac660c19c55a820968c48b3f2 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.3 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jun 19, 2024
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix out-of-bound access of qmi_invoke_handler() Currently, there is no terminator entry for ath12k_qmi_msg_handlers hence facing below KASAN warning, ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in qmi_invoke_handler+0xa4/0x148 Read of size 8 at addr ffffffd00a6428d8 by task kworker/u8:2/1273 CPU: 0 PID: 1273 Comm: kworker/u8:2 Not tainted 5.4.213 #0 Workqueue: qmi_msg_handler qmi_data_ready_work Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x0/0x20c show_stack+0x14/0x1c dump_stack+0xe0/0x138 print_address_description.isra.5+0x30/0x330 __kasan_report+0x16c/0x1bc kasan_report+0xc/0x14 __asan_load8+0xa8/0xb0 qmi_invoke_handler+0xa4/0x148 qmi_handle_message+0x18c/0x1bc qmi_data_ready_work+0x4ec/0x528 process_one_work+0x2c0/0x440 worker_thread+0x324/0x4b8 kthread+0x210/0x228 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18 The address belongs to the variable: ath12k_mac_mon_status_filter_default+0x4bd8/0xfffffffffffe2300 [ath12k] [...] ================================================================== Add a dummy terminator entry at the end to assist the qmi_invoke_handler() in traversing up to the terminator entry without accessing an out-of-boundary index. Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.0.1-00029-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
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