wifi: brcmfmac: Check the return value of of_property_read_string_index()
Somewhen between 6.10 and 6.11 the driver started to crash on my
MacBookPro14,3. The property doesn't exist and 'tmp' remains
uninitialized, so we pass a random pointer to devm_kstrdup().
The crash I am getting looks like this:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 00007f033c669379
PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
PF: error_code(0x0001) - permissions violation
PGD 8000000101341067 P4D 8000000101341067 PUD 101340067 PMD 1013bb067 PTE 800000010aee9025
Oops: Oops: 0001 [#1] SMP PTI
CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 827 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.11.8-gentoo #1
Hardware name: Apple Inc. MacBookPro14,3/Mac-551B86E5744E2388, BIOS 529.140.2.0.0 06/23/2024
RIP: 0010:strlen+0x4/0x30
Code: f7 75 ec 31 c0 c3 cc cc cc cc 48 89 f8 c3 cc cc cc cc 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa <80> 3f 00 74 14 48 89 f8 48 83 c0 01 80 38 00 75 f7 48 29 f8 c3 cc
RSP: 0018:ffffb4aac0683ad8 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 00000000ffffffea RBX: 00007f033c669379 RCX: 0000000000000001
RDX: 0000000000000cc0 RSI: 00007f033c669379 RDI: 00007f033c669379
RBP: 00000000ffffffea R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000c0ba916a
R10: ffffffffffffffff R11: ffffffffb61ea260 R12: ffff91f7815b50c8
R13: 0000000000000cc0 R14: ffff91fafefffe30 R15: ffffb4aac0683b30
FS: 00007f033ccbe8c0(0000) GS:ffff91faeed00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f033c669379 CR3: 0000000107b1e004 CR4: 00000000003706f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? __die+0x23/0x70
? page_fault_oops+0x149/0x4c0
? raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0xe/0x20
? sched_balance_newidle+0x22b/0x3c0
? update_load_avg+0x78/0x770
? exc_page_fault+0x6f/0x150
? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
? __pfx_pci_conf1_write+0x10/0x10
? strlen+0x4/0x30
devm_kstrdup+0x25/0x70
brcmf_of_probe+0x273/0x350 [brcmfmac]
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-4102-1 | linux-6.1 security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2025-5168 | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: Check the return value of of_property_read_string_index() Somewhen between 6.10 and 6.11 the driver started to crash on my MacBookPro14,3. The property doesn't exist and 'tmp' remains uninitialized, so we pass a random pointer to devm_kstrdup(). The crash I am getting looks like this: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 00007f033c669379 PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode PF: error_code(0x0001) - permissions violation PGD 8000000101341067 P4D 8000000101341067 PUD 101340067 PMD 1013bb067 PTE 800000010aee9025 Oops: Oops: 0001 [#1] SMP PTI CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 827 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.11.8-gentoo #1 Hardware name: Apple Inc. MacBookPro14,3/Mac-551B86E5744E2388, BIOS 529.140.2.0.0 06/23/2024 RIP: 0010:strlen+0x4/0x30 Code: f7 75 ec 31 c0 c3 cc cc cc cc 48 89 f8 c3 cc cc cc cc 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa <80> 3f 00 74 14 48 89 f8 48 83 c0 01 80 38 00 75 f7 48 29 f8 c3 cc RSP: 0018:ffffb4aac0683ad8 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 00000000ffffffea RBX: 00007f033c669379 RCX: 0000000000000001 RDX: 0000000000000cc0 RSI: 00007f033c669379 RDI: 00007f033c669379 RBP: 00000000ffffffea R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000c0ba916a R10: ffffffffffffffff R11: ffffffffb61ea260 R12: ffff91f7815b50c8 R13: 0000000000000cc0 R14: ffff91fafefffe30 R15: ffffb4aac0683b30 FS: 00007f033ccbe8c0(0000) GS:ffff91faeed00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f033c669379 CR3: 0000000107b1e004 CR4: 00000000003706f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die+0x23/0x70 ? page_fault_oops+0x149/0x4c0 ? raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0xe/0x20 ? sched_balance_newidle+0x22b/0x3c0 ? update_load_avg+0x78/0x770 ? exc_page_fault+0x6f/0x150 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 ? __pfx_pci_conf1_write+0x10/0x10 ? strlen+0x4/0x30 devm_kstrdup+0x25/0x70 brcmf_of_probe+0x273/0x350 [brcmfmac] |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7521-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7521-2 | Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7521-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7651-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7651-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7651-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7651-4 | Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7651-5 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7651-6 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7652-1 | Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7653-1 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7737-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
Tue, 28 Oct 2025 21:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-476 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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cvssV3_1
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Mon, 26 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| Weaknesses | CWE-20 | |
| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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cvssV3_1
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Fri, 28 Feb 2025 02:00:00 +0000
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| References |
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| Metrics |
threat_severity
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cvssV3_1
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Thu, 27 Feb 2025 02:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: Check the return value of of_property_read_string_index() Somewhen between 6.10 and 6.11 the driver started to crash on my MacBookPro14,3. The property doesn't exist and 'tmp' remains uninitialized, so we pass a random pointer to devm_kstrdup(). The crash I am getting looks like this: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 00007f033c669379 PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode PF: error_code(0x0001) - permissions violation PGD 8000000101341067 P4D 8000000101341067 PUD 101340067 PMD 1013bb067 PTE 800000010aee9025 Oops: Oops: 0001 [#1] SMP PTI CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 827 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.11.8-gentoo #1 Hardware name: Apple Inc. MacBookPro14,3/Mac-551B86E5744E2388, BIOS 529.140.2.0.0 06/23/2024 RIP: 0010:strlen+0x4/0x30 Code: f7 75 ec 31 c0 c3 cc cc cc cc 48 89 f8 c3 cc cc cc cc 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa <80> 3f 00 74 14 48 89 f8 48 83 c0 01 80 38 00 75 f7 48 29 f8 c3 cc RSP: 0018:ffffb4aac0683ad8 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 00000000ffffffea RBX: 00007f033c669379 RCX: 0000000000000001 RDX: 0000000000000cc0 RSI: 00007f033c669379 RDI: 00007f033c669379 RBP: 00000000ffffffea R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000c0ba916a R10: ffffffffffffffff R11: ffffffffb61ea260 R12: ffff91f7815b50c8 R13: 0000000000000cc0 R14: ffff91fafefffe30 R15: ffffb4aac0683b30 FS: 00007f033ccbe8c0(0000) GS:ffff91faeed00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f033c669379 CR3: 0000000107b1e004 CR4: 00000000003706f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die+0x23/0x70 ? page_fault_oops+0x149/0x4c0 ? raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0xe/0x20 ? sched_balance_newidle+0x22b/0x3c0 ? update_load_avg+0x78/0x770 ? exc_page_fault+0x6f/0x150 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 ? __pfx_pci_conf1_write+0x10/0x10 ? strlen+0x4/0x30 devm_kstrdup+0x25/0x70 brcmf_of_probe+0x273/0x350 [brcmfmac] | |
| Title | wifi: brcmfmac: Check the return value of of_property_read_string_index() | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-05-04T07:20:18.364Z
Reserved: 2024-12-29T08:45:45.758Z
Link: CVE-2025-21750
No data.
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-02-27T03:15:15.647
Modified: 2025-10-28T21:03:58.710
Link: CVE-2025-21750
OpenCVE Enrichment
No data.
Debian DLA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN