Updated: 2025-12-28 03:43:19.853327
Description:
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: carl9170: do not ping device which has failed to load firmware Syzkaller reports [1, 2] crashes caused by an attempts to ping the device which has failed to load firmware. Since such a device doesn't pass 'ieee80211_register_hw()', an internal workqueue managed by 'ieee80211_queue_work()' is not yet created and an attempt to queue work on it causes null-ptr-deref. [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9a4aec827829942045ff [2] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0d8afba53e8fb2633217
| Links | NIST | CIRCL | RHEL | Ubuntu |
| Severity | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS Version 2.x | 0.0 | |
| CVSS Version 3.x | MEDIUM | 5.5 |
| OS name | Project name | Version | Score | Severity | Status | Errata | Last updated | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU | kernel | 5.14.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Needs Triage | 2025-12-28 08:09:18 | ||
| CentOS 7 ELS | kernel | 3.10.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2026-01-17 01:05:50 | This issue is confined to the legacy carl9170 USB Wi‑Fi driver and only triggers when an AR9170 ad... | |
| CentOS 8.4 ELS | kernel | 4.18.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2026-01-17 01:05:52 | This issue is confined to the legacy carl9170 USB Wi‑Fi driver and only triggers when an AR9170 ad... | |
| CentOS 8.5 ELS | kernel | 4.18.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2026-01-17 01:05:53 | This issue is confined to the legacy carl9170 USB Wi‑Fi driver and only triggers when an AR9170 ad... | |
| CentOS Stream 8 ELS | kernel | 4.18.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2026-01-17 01:05:50 | This issue is confined to the legacy carl9170 USB Wi‑Fi driver and only triggers when an AR9170 ad... | |
| CloudLinux 7 ELS | kernel | 3.10.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2026-01-17 01:05:48 | This issue is confined to the legacy carl9170 USB Wi‑Fi driver and only triggers when an AR9170 ad... | |
| Oracle Linux 7 ELS | kernel | 3.10.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2026-01-17 01:05:49 | This issue is confined to the legacy carl9170 USB Wi‑Fi driver and only triggers when an AR9170 ad... | |
| Oracle Linux 7 ELS | kernel-uek | 5.4.17 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Released | CLSA-2025:1757963029 | 2025-09-16 11:19:38 | This issue is confined to the legacy carl9170 USB Wi‑Fi driver and only triggers when an AR9170 ad... |
| RHEL 7 ELS | kernel | 3.10.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2026-01-17 01:05:48 | This issue is confined to the legacy carl9170 USB Wi‑Fi driver and only triggers when an AR9170 ad... | |
| TuxCare 9.6 ESU | kernel | 5.14.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Needs Triage | 2025-12-28 08:09:17 |