Detection-and-Mitigation-for-CVE-2022-1679

Detection-and-Mitigation-for-CVE-2022-1679 The ath9k is a Linux kernel driver supporting Atheros chips. A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Atheros wireless adapter driver in the way a user forces the ath9khtcwaitfortarget function to fail with some input messages. This flaw...

kernel: Linux kernel: ath9k Wi-Fi driver use-after-free vulnerability leading to system crash

A flaw was found in the ath9k Wi-Fi driver in the Linux kernel. A race condition exists during the asynchronous firmware loading process and device disconnection. A local attacker, by repeatedly connecting and disconnecting a malicious USB Wi-Fi device that fails firmware download, could trigger ...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10, Linux

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Wifi: ath9k: hifusb: A use-after-free issue has been fixed in ath9khifusbregincb. It is possible that the skb buffer is freed during ath9khtcrxmsg, and then usbsubmiturb fails. As a result, we try to free the skb buffer again,...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.10, Linux 6.1, Linux, Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: A range check was added for connrspepid in htcconnectservice. I have also identified the following bugs in my fuzzer: - UBSAN: Array index out of bounds in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htchst.c:26:51. Index 255 is...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10, Linux, Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Wifi: ath9k: Fixed a potential stack-out-of-bounds write in ath9kwmirspcallback. This bug involves writing to wmi-cmdrspbuf, a stack-allocated buffer that may become invalid when a timeout occurs. Set wmi-lastseqid to 0 when a...

ROS-20260826-73-0006

The vulnerability of the ath9khifusballoctxurbs function in the drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hifusb.c module of the Atheros/Qualcomm wireless adapter driver in the Linux operating system is related to incorrect initialization of resources. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker t...

Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-001451)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-001451 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: add range check for connrspepid in htcconnectservice I found the following bug in my...

CVE-2026-74408

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ath9k Wi-Fi driver. This vulnerability arises from an out-of-bounds memory access within the athtxedmatasklet function. An internal queue identifier, which is a 4-bit hardware field, can exceed the bounds of the transmit queue array. This can lead to memory...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74408

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: fix OOB access from firmware tx status queue ID athtxedmatasklet accesses sc-tx.txqts.qid where ts.qid is a 4-bit hardware field 0-15, but the txq array only has ATH9KNUMTXQUEUES 10 entries. A qid = 10 causes an OOB...

CVE-2026-74408 wifi: ath9k: fix OOB access from firmware tx status queue ID

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: fix OOB access from firmware tx status queue ID athtxedmatasklet accesses sc-tx.txqts.qid where ts.qid is a 4-bit hardware field 0-15, but the txq array only has ATH9KNUMTXQUEUES 10 entries. A qid = 10 causes an OOB...

The vulnerability of the send_eject_command() function in the drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c file of the Atheros/Qualcomm wireless adapter driver for the Linux operating system allows a attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of the protected information.

The vulnerability of the sendejectcommand function in the drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hifusb.c file of the Atheros/Qualcomm wireless adapter driver for the Linux operating system involves the disclosure of confidential information. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to...

Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-013149)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-013149 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: avoid referencing uninit memory in ath9kwmictrlrx For the reasons also described in...

The vulnerability of the ath9k_hif_usb_alloc_tx_urbs() function in the drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c module of the Atheros/Qualcomm wireless adapter driver for the Linux operating system allows a attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information.

The vulnerability of the ath9khifusballoctxurbs function in the drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hifusb.c module of the Atheros/Qualcomm wireless adapter driver in the Linux operating system is related to incorrect initialization of resources. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker t...

The vulnerability in the function ath9k_htc_probe_device() of the drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c file, a driver for Atheros/Qualcomm wireless adapter devices in the Linux operating system, allows a attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information.

The vulnerability of the ath9khtcprobedevice function in the drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htcdrvinit.c file of the Atheros/Qualcomm wireless adapter driver for the Linux operating system is related to the reutilization of previously freed memory due to incorrect initialization. Exploiting this...

The vulnerability of the ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() function in the drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c file of the Atheros/Qualcomm wireless communication adapter driver for the Linux operating system allows a malicious actor to cause a service failure remotely.

The vulnerability of the ath9khifusbrxstream function in the drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hifusb.c module of the Atheros/Qualcomm wireless communication adapter driver in the Linux operating system is related to the failure to release resources after their useful life has ended. Exploiting this...

The vulnerability of the ath9k_hif_usb_reg_in_cb() function in the drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c driver module of the Atheros/Qualcomm wireless communication adapter driver for the Linux operating system allows a attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information.

The vulnerability of the ath9khifusbregincb function in the drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hifusb.c driver for Atheros/Qualcomm wireless communication adapters in the Linux operating system is related to the use of memory after deallocation. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker t...

Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003992)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-003992 advisory. Memory leaks in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htchst.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allow attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption by...

Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-992985)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-992985 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: verify the expected usbendpoints are present The bug arises when a USB device claims...

CVE-2023-54300

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: avoid referencing uninit memory in ath9kwmictrlrx For the reasons also described in commit b383e8abed41 "wifi: ath9k: avoid uninit memory read in ath9khtcrxmsg", ath9khtcrxmsg should validate pktlen before accessing...

CVE-2023-54300 wifi: ath9k: avoid referencing uninit memory in ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: avoid referencing uninit memory in ath9kwmictrlrx For the reasons also described in commit b383e8abed41 "wifi: ath9k: avoid uninit memory read in ath9khtcrxmsg", ath9khtcrxmsg should validate pktlen before accessing...