CVE-2023-53532 - Vulnerability Details

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0324300dce3412d4737b4ec5898d0188495a7caa
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a78ac33e3cb8822da64dd1af196e83664b332b0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8faf862d81ab197757761e87d0a99fbb96ab2cf0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1548363582a8066edd4986f839d785f13dda3aa

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: fix deinitialization of firmware resources Currently, in ath11k_ahb_fw_resources_init(), iommu domain mapping is done only for the chipsets having fixed firmware memory. Also, for such chipsets, mapping is done only if it does not have TrustZone support. During deinitialization, only if TrustZone support is not there, iommu is unmapped back. However, for non fixed firmware memory chipsets, TrustZone support is not there and this makes the condition check to true and it tries to unmap the memory which was not mapped during initialization. This leads to the following trace - [ 83.198790] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000008 [ 83.259537] Modules linked in: ath11k_ahb ath11k qmi_helpers .. snip .. [ 83.280286] pstate: 20000005 (nzCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 83.287228] pc : __iommu_unmap+0x30/0x140 [ 83.293907] lr : iommu_unmap+0x5c/0xa4 [ 83.298072] sp : ffff80000b3abad0 .. snip .. [ 83.369175] Call trace: [ 83.376282] __iommu_unmap+0x30/0x140 [ 83.378541] iommu_unmap+0x5c/0xa4 [ 83.382360] ath11k_ahb_fw_resource_deinit.part.12+0x2c/0xac [ath11k_ahb] [ 83.385666] ath11k_ahb_free_resources+0x140/0x17c [ath11k_ahb] [ 83.392521] ath11k_ahb_shutdown+0x34/0x40 [ath11k_ahb] [ 83.398248] platform_shutdown+0x20/0x2c [ 83.403455] device_shutdown+0x16c/0x1c4 [ 83.407621] kernel_restart_prepare+0x34/0x3c [ 83.411529] kernel_restart+0x14/0x74 [ 83.415781] __do_sys_reboot+0x1c4/0x22c [ 83.419427] __arm64_sys_reboot+0x1c/0x24 [ 83.423420] invoke_syscall+0x44/0xfc [ 83.427326] el0_svc_common.constprop.3+0xac/0xe8 [ 83.430974] do_el0_svc+0xa0/0xa8 [ 83.435659] el0_svc+0x1c/0x44 [ 83.438957] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x60/0x144 [ 83.441910] el0t_64_sync+0x15c/0x160 [ 83.446343] Code: aa0103f4 f9400001 f90027a1 d2800001 (f94006a0) [ 83.449903] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- This can be reproduced by probing an AHB chipset which is not having a fixed memory region. During reboot (or rmmod) trace can be seen. Fix this issue by adding a condition check on firmware fixed memory hw_param as done in the counter initialization function. Tested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01744-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
Title		wifi: ath11k: fix deinitialization of firmware resources
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0324300dce3412d4737b4ec5898d0188495a7caa https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a78ac33e3cb8822da64dd1af196e83664b332b0 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8faf862d81ab197757761e87d0a99fbb96ab2cf0 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1548363582a8066edd4986f839d785f13dda3aa

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However, for non fixed firmware memory\nchipsets, TrustZone support is not there and this makes the\ncondition check to true and it tries to unmap the memory which\nwas not mapped during initialization.\n\nThis leads to the following trace -\n\n[ 83.198790] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000008\n[ 83.259537] Modules linked in: ath11k_ahb ath11k qmi_helpers\n.. snip ..\n[ 83.280286] pstate: 20000005 (nzCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n[ 83.287228] pc : __iommu_unmap+0x30/0x140\n[ 83.293907] lr : iommu_unmap+0x5c/0xa4\n[ 83.298072] sp : ffff80000b3abad0\n.. snip ..\n[ 83.369175] Call trace:\n[ 83.376282] __iommu_unmap+0x30/0x140\n[ 83.378541] iommu_unmap+0x5c/0xa4\n[ 83.382360] ath11k_ahb_fw_resource_deinit.part.12+0x2c/0xac [ath11k_ahb]\n[ 83.385666] ath11k_ahb_free_resources+0x140/0x17c [ath11k_ahb]\n[ 83.392521] ath11k_ahb_shutdown+0x34/0x40 [ath11k_ahb]\n[ 83.398248] platform_shutdown+0x20/0x2c\n[ 83.403455] device_shutdown+0x16c/0x1c4\n[ 83.407621] kernel_restart_prepare+0x34/0x3c\n[ 83.411529] kernel_restart+0x14/0x74\n[ 83.415781] __do_sys_reboot+0x1c4/0x22c\n[ 83.419427] __arm64_sys_reboot+0x1c/0x24\n[ 83.423420] invoke_syscall+0x44/0xfc\n[ 83.427326] el0_svc_common.constprop.3+0xac/0xe8\n[ 83.430974] do_el0_svc+0xa0/0xa8\n[ 83.435659] el0_svc+0x1c/0x44\n[ 83.438957] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x60/0x144\n[ 83.441910] el0t_64_sync+0x15c/0x160\n[ 83.446343] Code: aa0103f4 f9400001 f90027a1 d2800001 (f94006a0)\n[ 83.449903] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n\nThis can be reproduced by probing an AHB chipset which is not\nhaving a fixed memory region. 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