CVE-2024-56593
Published: Dec 27, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: Fix oops due to NULL pointer dereference in brcmf_sdiod_sglist_rw() This patch fixes a NULL pointer dereference bug in brcmfmac that occurs when a high 'sd_sgentry_align' value applies (e.g. 512) and a lot of queued SKBs are sent from the pkt queue. The problem is the number of entries in the pre-allocated sgtable, it is nents = max(rxglom_size, txglom_size) + max(rxglom_size, txglom_size) >> 4 + 1. Given the default [rt]xglom_size=32 it's actually 35 which is too small. Worst case, the pkt queue can end up with 64 SKBs. This occurs when a new SKB is added for each original SKB if tailroom isn't enough to hold tail_pad. At least one sg entry is needed for each SKB. So, eventually the "skb_queue_walk loop" in brcmf_sdiod_sglist_rw may run out of sg entries. This makes sg_next return NULL and this causes the oops. The patch sets nents to max(rxglom_size, txglom_size) * 2 to be able handle the worst-case. Btw. this requires only 64-35=29 * 16 (or 20 if CONFIG_NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH) = 464 additional bytes of memory.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected af1fa210f4fc6e304b859b386a3c8a266b1110ab - < 342f87d263462c2670b77ea9a32074cab2ac6fa1affected af1fa210f4fc6e304b859b386a3c8a266b1110ab - < 7522d7d745d13fbeff3350fe6aa56c8dae263571affected af1fa210f4fc6e304b859b386a3c8a266b1110ab - < dfb3f9d3f602602de208da7bdcc0f6d5ee74af68affected af1fa210f4fc6e304b859b386a3c8a266b1110ab - < 67a25ea28f8ec1da8894f2f115d01d3becf67dc7affected af1fa210f4fc6e304b859b386a3c8a266b1110ab - < 07c020c6d14d29e5a3ea4e4576b8ecf956a80834+2 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 3.15unaffected 0 - < 3.15unaffected 5.4.287 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.231 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.174 - <= 5.15.*+4 more versions |
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