CVE-2024-43881: wifi: ath12k: change DMA direction while mapping reinjected packets
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-43881 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.8, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 10Timeline
- 21-08-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: change DMA direction while mapping reinjected packets For fragmented packets, ath12k reassembles each fragment as a normal packet and then reinjects it into HW ring. In this case, the DMA direction should be DMA_TO_DEVICE, not DMA_FROM_DEVICE. Otherwise, an invalid payload may be reinjected into the HW and subsequently delivered to the host. Given that arbitrary memory can be allocated to the skb buffer, knowledge about the data contained in the reinjected buffer is lacking. Consequently, there’s a risk of private information being leaked. Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.1.1-00209-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HDiffers
- NVDNIST7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.31%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
23%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.31% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: adjacent network, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu93 products
- linux< 6.8.0-50.51
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 6.8.0-1020.22
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2, < e99d9b16ff153de9540073239d24adc3b0a3a997 | ≥ d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2, < 6925320fcd40d8042d32bf4ede8248e7a5315c3b | ≥ d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2, < 33322e3ef07409278a18c6919c448e369d66a18e | 6.3
- linux_kernel≥ 6.3, < 6.6.44 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.3
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.10.3-1
3 vendors · 96 products
