CVE-2022-1679

Published: 16 May 2022

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Atheros wireless adapter driver in the way a user forces the ath9k_htc_wait_for_target function to fail with some input messages. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

From the Ubuntu security team

It was discovered that the Atheros ath9k wireless device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle some error conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 7.8

Status

Package	Release	Status
linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Needs triage
	jammy	Needs triage
	trusty	Needs triage
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Released (4.4.0-229.263)
	Patches: Introduced by fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08 Fixed by -
linux-aws Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Needs triage
	jammy	Needs triage
	trusty	Needs triage
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Released (4.4.0-1145.160)
linux-aws-5.0 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored (superseded by linux-aws-5.3)
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-aws-5.11 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-aws-5.13 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-aws-5.3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored (superseded by linux-aws-5.4)
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-aws-5.4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-aws-5.8 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Ignored (superseded by linux-aws-5.11)
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-aws-hwe Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
linux-azure Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored (superseded by linux-azure-5.3)
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Needs triage
	jammy	Needs triage
	trusty	Needs triage
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
linux-azure-4.15 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-azure-5.11 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-azure-5.13 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-azure-5.3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored (superseded by linux-azure-5.4)
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-azure-5.4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-azure-5.8 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Ignored (superseded by linux-azure-5.11)
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-azure-edge Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored (superseded by linux-azure-5.3)
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-azure-fde Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-bluefield Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-dell300x Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-fips Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-gcp Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored (superseded by linux-gcp-5.3)
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Needs triage
	jammy	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
linux-gcp-4.15 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-gcp-5.11 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-gcp-5.13 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-gcp-5.3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored (superseded by linux-gcp-5.4)
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-gcp-5.4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-gcp-5.8 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Ignored (superseded by linux-gcp-5.11)
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-gke Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Ignored (reached end of standard support)
linux-gke-4.15 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-gke-5.0 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored (superseded by linux-gke-5.3)
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-gke-5.3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored (superseded by linux-gke-5.4)
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-gke-5.4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-gkeop Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-gkeop-5.4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-hwe Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored (replaced by linux-hwe-5.4)
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
linux-hwe-5.11 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Ignored (superseded by linux-hwe-5.13)
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-hwe-5.13 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-hwe-5.4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-hwe-5.8 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Ignored (superseded by linux-hwe-5.11)
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-hwe-edge Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored (superseded by linux-hwe-5.4)
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Ignored (superseded by linux-hwe)
linux-ibm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-ibm-5.4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-intel-5.13 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-intel-iotg Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-kvm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Needs triage
	jammy	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
linux-lowlatency Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-lts-xenial Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Needs triage
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-oem Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Ignored (superseded by linux-hwe)
linux-oem-5.10 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-oem-5.13 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-oem-5.14 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-oem-5.17 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-oem-5.6 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-oem-osp1 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-oracle Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Needs triage
	jammy	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage
linux-oracle-5.0 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored (superseded by linux-oracle-5.3)
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-oracle-5.11 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-oracle-5.13 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-oracle-5.3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored (superseded by linux-oracle-5.4)
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-oracle-5.4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-oracle-5.8 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Ignored (superseded by linux-oracle-5.11)
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-raspi Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Needs triage
	jammy	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-raspi-5.4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-raspi2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Ignored (replaced by linux-raspi)
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Ignored (end of standard support)
linux-raspi2-5.3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored (superseded by linux-raspi-5.4)
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-riscv Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Ignored (superseded by linux-riscv-5.8)
	impish	Needs triage
	jammy	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-riscv-5.11 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Needs triage
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-riscv-5.8 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	focal	Ignored (superseded by linux-riscv-5.11)
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-snapdragon Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Ignored (end of standard support)

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