[PATCH ath-next] wifi: ath12k: fix uaf in ath12k_core_init()

[Baochen Qiang]

On 6/4/2025 1:52 PM, Miaoqing Pan wrote:
> When the execution of ath12k_core_hw_group_assign() or
> ath12k_core_hw_group_create() fails, the registered notifier chain is not
> unregistered properly. Its memory is freed after rmmod, which may trigger
> to a use-after-free (UAF) issue if there is a subsequent access to this
> notifier chain.
> 
> Fixes the issue by calling ath12k_core_panic_notifier_unregister() in
> failure cases.
> 
> Call trace:
>  notifier_chain_register+0x4c/0x1f0 (P)
>  atomic_notifier_chain_register+0x38/0x68
>  ath12k_core_init+0x50/0x4e8 [ath12k]
>  ath12k_pci_probe+0x5f8/0xc28 [ath12k]
>  pci_device_probe+0xbc/0x1a8
>  really_probe+0xc8/0x3a0
>  __driver_probe_device+0x84/0x1b0
>  driver_probe_device+0x44/0x130
>  __driver_attach+0xcc/0x208
>  bus_for_each_dev+0x84/0x100
>  driver_attach+0x2c/0x40
>  bus_add_driver+0x130/0x260
>  driver_register+0x70/0x138
>  __pci_register_driver+0x68/0x80
>  ath12k_pci_init+0x30/0x68 [ath12k]
>  ath12k_init+0x28/0x78 [ath12k]
> 
> Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0.c5-00481-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3
> 
> Fixes: 6f245ea0ec6c ("wifi: ath12k: introduce device group abstraction")
> Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing.pan at oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c | 10 +++++++---
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c
> index 31d851d8e688..ebc0560d40e3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c
> @@ -2129,7 +2129,8 @@ int ath12k_core_init(struct ath12k_base *ab)
>  	if (!ag) {
>  		mutex_unlock(&ath12k_hw_group_mutex);
>  		ath12k_warn(ab, "unable to get hw group\n");
> -		return -ENODEV;
> +		ret = -ENODEV;
> +		goto err_unregister_notifier;
>  	}
>  
>  	mutex_unlock(&ath12k_hw_group_mutex);
> @@ -2144,7 +2145,7 @@ int ath12k_core_init(struct ath12k_base *ab)
>  		if (ret) {
>  			mutex_unlock(&ag->mutex);
>  			ath12k_warn(ab, "unable to create hw group\n");
> -			goto err;
> +			goto err_destroy_hw_group;
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> @@ -2152,9 +2153,12 @@ int ath12k_core_init(struct ath12k_base *ab)
>  
>  	return 0;
>  
> -err:
> +err_destroy_hw_group:
>  	ath12k_core_hw_group_destroy(ab->ag);
>  	ath12k_core_hw_group_unassign(ab);
> +err_unregister_notifier:
> +	ath12k_core_panic_notifier_unregister(ab);
> +
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> 
> base-commit: c3910de7bab78afbc106206aed5ec8e79458fbee

Reviewed-by: Baochen Qiang <quic_bqiang at quicinc.com>