CVE-2024-56607

CVE-2024-56607 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel with a CVSS 3.x base score of 5.5. It is not currently listed as actively exploited by CISA, and its EPSS exploit-prediction score is low.

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix atomic calls in ath12k_mac_op_set_bitrate_mask() When I try to manually set bitrates: iw wlan0 set bitrates legacy-2.4 1 I get sleeping from invalid context error, see below. Fix that by switching to use recently introduced ieee80211_iterate_stations_mtx(). Do note that WCN6855 firmware is still crashing, I'm not sure if that firmware even supports bitrate WMI commands and should we consider disabling ath12k_mac_op_set_bitrate_mask() for WCN6855? But that's for another patch. BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c:420 in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 2236, name: iw preempt_count: 0, expected: 0 RCU nest depth: 1, expected: 0 3 locks held by iw/2236: #0: ffffffffabc6f1d8 (cb_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: genl_rcv+0x14/0x40 #1: ffff888138410810 (&rdev->wiphy.mtx){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nl80211_pre_doit+0x54d/0x800 [cfg80211] #2: ffffffffab2cfaa0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: ieee80211_iterate_stations_atomic+0x2f/0x200 [mac80211] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 2236 Comm: iw Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7-wt-ath+ #1772 Hardware name: Intel(R) Client Systems NUC8i7HVK/NUC8i7HVB, BIOS HNKBLi70.86A.0067.2021.0528.1339 05/28/2021 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0xa4/0xe0 dump_stack+0x10/0x20 __might_resched+0x363/0x5a0 ? __alloc_skb+0x165/0x340 __might_sleep+0xad/0x160 ath12k_wmi_cmd_send+0xb1/0x3d0 [ath12k] ? ath12k_wmi_init_wcn7850+0xa40/0xa40 [ath12k] ? __netdev_alloc_skb+0x45/0x7b0 ? __asan_memset+0x39/0x40 ? ath12k_wmi_alloc_skb+0xf0/0x150 [ath12k] ? reacquire_held_locks+0x4d0/0x4d0 ath12k_wmi_set_peer_param+0x340/0x5b0 [ath12k] ath12k_mac_disable_peer_fixed_rate+0xa3/0x110 [ath12k] ? ath12k_mac_vdev_stop+0x4f0/0x4f0 [ath12k] ieee80211_iterate_stations_atomic+0xd4/0x200 [mac80211] ath12k_mac_op_set_bitrate_mask+0x5d2/0x1080 [ath12k] ? ath12k_mac_vif_chan+0x320/0x320 [ath12k] drv_set_bitrate_mask+0x267/0x470 [mac80211] ieee80211_set_bitrate_mask+0x4cc/0x8a0 [mac80211] ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20 nl80211_set_tx_bitrate_mask+0x2bc/0x530 [cfg80211] ? nl80211_parse_tx_bitrate_mask+0x2320/0x2320 [cfg80211] ? trace_contention_end+0xef/0x140 ? rtnl_unlock+0x9/0x10 ? nl80211_pre_doit+0x557/0x800 [cfg80211] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x1f0/0x2e0 ? genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse.isra.0+0x250/0x250 ? ns_capable+0x57/0xd0 genl_family_rcv_msg+0x34c/0x600 ? genl_family_rcv_msg_dumpit+0x310/0x310 ? __lock_acquire+0xc62/0x1de0 ? he_set_mcs_mask.isra.0+0x8d0/0x8d0 [cfg80211] ? nl80211_parse_tx_bitrate_mask+0x2320/0x2320 [cfg80211] ? cfg80211_external_auth_request+0x690/0x690 [cfg80211] genl_rcv_msg+0xa0/0x130 netlink_rcv_skb+0x14c/0x400 ? genl_family_rcv_msg+0x600/0x600 ? netlink_ack+0xd70/0xd70 ? rwsem_optimistic_spin+0x4f0/0x4f0 ? genl_rcv+0x14/0x40 ? down_read_killable+0x580/0x580 ? netlink_deliver_tap+0x13e/0x350 ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20 genl_rcv+0x23/0x40 netlink_unicast+0x45e/0x790 ? netlink_attachskb+0x7f0/0x7f0 netlink_sendmsg+0x7eb/0xdb0 ? netlink_unicast+0x790/0x790 ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20 ? selinux_socket_sendmsg+0x31/0x40 ? netlink_unicast+0x790/0x790 __sock_sendmsg+0xc9/0x160 ____sys_sendmsg+0x620/0x990 ? kernel_sendmsg+0x30/0x30 ? __copy_msghdr+0x410/0x410 ? __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x20 ? mark_lock+0xe6/0x1470 ___sys_sendmsg+0xe9/0x170 ? copy_msghdr_from_user+0x120/0x120 ? __lock_acquire+0xc62/0x1de0 ? do_fault_around+0x2c6/0x4e0 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x8c1/0xde0 ? reacquire_held_locks+0x220/0x4d0 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x8c1/0xde0 ? __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x20 ? __fdget+0x4e/0x1d0 ? sockfd_lookup_light+0x1a/0x170 __sys_sendmsg+0xd2/0x180 ? __sys_sendmsg_sock+0x20/0x20 ? reacquire_held_locks+0x4d0/0x4d0 ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x72/0xb0 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x7d/0x100 x64_sys_call+0x894/0x9f0 do_syscall_64+0x64/0x130 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_ ---truncated---

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-56607?
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix atomic calls in ath12k_mac_op_set_bitrate_mask() When I try to manually set bitrates: iw wlan0 set bitrates legacy-2.4 1 I get sleeping from invalid context error, see below. Fix that by switching to use recently introduced ieee80211_iterate_stations_mtx(). Do note that WCN6855 firmware is still crashing, I'm not sure if that firmware even supports bitrate WMI commands and should we consider disabling ath12k_mac_op_set_bitrate_mask() for WCN6855? But that's for another patch. BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c:420 in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 2236, name: iw preempt_count: 0, expected: 0 RCU nest depth: 1, expected: 0 3 locks held by iw/2236: #0: ffffffffabc6f1d8 (cb_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: genl_rcv+0x14/0x40 #1: ffff888138410810 (&rdev->wiphy.mtx){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nl80211_pre_doit+0x54d/0x800 [cfg80211] #2: ffffffffab2cfaa0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: ieee80211_iterate_stations_atomic+0x2f/0x200 [mac80211] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 2236 Comm: iw Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7-wt-ath+ #1772 Hardware name: Intel(R) Client Systems NUC8i7HVK/NUC8i7HVB, BIOS HNKBLi70.86A.0067.2021.0528.1339 05/28/2021 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0xa4/0xe0 dump_stack+0x10/0x20 __might_resched+0x363/0x5a0 ? __alloc_skb+0x165/0x340 __might_sleep+0xad/0x160 ath12k_wmi_cmd_send+0xb1/0x3d0 [ath12k] ? ath12k_wmi_init_wcn7850+0xa40/0xa40 [ath12k] ? __netdev_alloc_skb+0x45/0x7b0 ? __asan_memset+0x39/0x40 ? ath12k_wmi_alloc_skb+0xf0/0x150 [ath12k] ? reacquire_held_locks+0x4d0/0x4d0 ath12k_wmi_set_peer_param+0x340/0x5b0 [ath12k] ath12k_mac_disable_peer_fixed_rate+0xa3/0x110 [ath12k] ? ath12k_mac_vdev_stop+0x4f0/0x4f0 [ath12k] ieee80211_iterate_stations_atomic+0xd4/0x200 [mac80211] ath12k_mac_op_set_bitrate_mask+0x5d2/0x1080 [ath12k] ? ath12k_mac_vif_chan+0x320/0x320 [ath12k] drv_set_bitrate_mask+0x267/0x470 [mac80211] ieee80211_set_bitrate_mask+0x4cc/0x8a0 [mac80211] ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20 nl80211_set_tx_bitrate_mask+0x2bc/0x530 [cfg80211] ? nl80211_parse_tx_bitrate_mask+0x2320/0x2320 [cfg80211] ? trace_contention_end+0xef/0x140 ? rtnl_unlock+0x9/0x10 ? nl80211_pre_doit+0x557/0x800 [cfg80211] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x1f0/0x2e0 ? genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse.isra.0+0x250/0x250 ? ns_capable+0x57/0xd0 genl_family_rcv_msg+0x34c/0x600 ? genl_family_rcv_msg_dumpit+0x310/0x310 ? __lock_acquire+0xc62/0x1de0 ? he_set_mcs_mask.isra.0+0x8d0/0x8d0 [cfg80211] ? nl80211_parse_tx_bitrate_mask+0x2320/0x2320 [cfg80211] ? cfg80211_external_auth_request+0x690/0x690 [cfg80211] genl_rcv_msg+0xa0/0x130 netlink_rcv_skb+0x14c/0x400 ? genl_family_rcv_msg+0x600/0x600 ? netlink_ack+0xd70/0xd70 ? rwsem_optimistic_spin+0x4f0/0x4f0 ? genl_rcv+0x14/0x40 ? down_read_killable+0x580/0x580 ? netlink_deliver_tap+0x13e/0x350 ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20 genl_rcv+0x23/0x40 netlink_unicast+0x45e/0x790 ? netlink_attachskb+0x7f0/0x7f0 netlink_sendmsg+0x7eb/0xdb0 ? netlink_unicast+0x790/0x790 ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20 ? selinux_socket_sendmsg+0x31/0x40 ? netlink_unicast+0x790/0x790 __sock_sendmsg+0xc9/0x160 ____sys_sendmsg+0x620/0x990 ? kernel_sendmsg+0x30/0x30 ? __copy_msghdr+0x410/0x410 ? __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x20 ? mark_lock+0xe6/0x1470 ___sys_sendmsg+0xe9/0x170 ? copy_msghdr_from_user+0x120/0x120 ? __lock_acquire+0xc62/0x1de0 ? do_fault_around+0x2c6/0x4e0 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x8c1/0xde0 ? reacquire_held_locks+0x220/0x4d0 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x8c1/0xde0 ? __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x20 ? __fdget+0x4e/0x1d0 ? sockfd_lookup_light+0x1a/0x170 __sys_sendmsg+0xd2/0x180 ? __sys_sendmsg_sock+0x20/0x20 ? reacquire_held_locks+0x4d0/0x4d0 ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x72/0xb0 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x7d/0x100 x64_sys_call+0x894/0x9f0 do_syscall_64+0x64/0x130 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_ ---truncated---
How severe is CVE-2024-56607?
CVE-2024-56607 has a CVSS 3.x base score of 5.5, rated medium severity. It is exploitable over local access with low attack complexity, requires low privileges and no user interaction. Impact on confidentiality is none, integrity none, and availability high.
Is CVE-2024-56607 being actively exploited?
It is not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Its EPSS exploit-prediction score is 0% (11th percentile), an estimate of the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
What products are affected by CVE-2024-56607?
CVE-2024-56607 affects Linux Linux Kernel. See the affected-products list for the exact vulnerable versions.
How do I fix CVE-2024-56607?
Review the linked vendor and NVD advisories for patched versions and mitigations, then upgrade or apply the recommended workaround.
Does CVE-2024-56607 have an EU (EUVD) identifier?
Yes. CVE-2024-56607 is tracked in the ENISA EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD) as EUVD-2024-53255.
When was CVE-2024-56607 published?
CVE-2024-56607 was published on 2024-12-27 and last updated on 2026-06-17.

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