{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2024-57992", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-02-27T02:04:28.914Z", "datePublished": "2025-02-27T02:07:14.278Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:01:42.482Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:01:42.482Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: wilc1000: unregister wiphy only if it has been registered\n\nThere is a specific error path in probe functions in wilc drivers (both\nsdio and spi) which can lead to kernel panic, as this one for example\nwhen using SPI:\n\nUnable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 9f000000 when read\n[9f000000] *pgd=00000000\nInternal error: Oops: 5 [#1] ARM\nModules linked in: wilc1000_spi(+) crc_itu_t crc7 wilc1000 cfg80211 bluetooth ecdh_generic ecc\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 106 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.13.0-rc3+ #22\nHardware name: Atmel SAMA5\nPC is at wiphy_unregister+0x244/0xc40 [cfg80211]\nLR is at wiphy_unregister+0x1c0/0xc40 [cfg80211]\n[...]\n wiphy_unregister [cfg80211] from wilc_netdev_cleanup+0x380/0x494 [wilc1000]\n wilc_netdev_cleanup [wilc1000] from wilc_bus_probe+0x360/0x834 [wilc1000_spi]\n wilc_bus_probe [wilc1000_spi] from spi_probe+0x15c/0x1d4\n spi_probe from really_probe+0x270/0xb2c\n really_probe from __driver_probe_device+0x1dc/0x4e8\n __driver_probe_device from driver_probe_device+0x5c/0x140\n driver_probe_device from __driver_attach+0x220/0x540\n __driver_attach from bus_for_each_dev+0x13c/0x1a8\n bus_for_each_dev from bus_add_driver+0x2a0/0x6a4\n bus_add_driver from driver_register+0x27c/0x51c\n driver_register from do_one_initcall+0xf8/0x564\n do_one_initcall from do_init_module+0x2e4/0x82c\n do_init_module from load_module+0x59a0/0x70c4\n load_module from init_module_from_file+0x100/0x148\n init_module_from_file from sys_finit_module+0x2fc/0x924\n sys_finit_module from ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c\n\nThe issue can easily be reproduced, for example by not wiring correctly\na wilc device through SPI (and so, make it unresponsive to early SPI\ncommands). It is due to a recent change decoupling wiphy allocation from\nwiphy registration, however wilc_netdev_cleanup has not been updated\naccordingly, letting it possibly call wiphy unregister on a wiphy which\nhas never been registered.\n\nFix this crash by moving wiphy_unregister/wiphy_free out of\nwilc_netdev_cleanup, and by adjusting error paths in both drivers" } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c", "drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/sdio.c", "drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/spi.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "fbdf0c5248dce4b55181e9aff8f1b61819ba6bd7", "lessThan": "c7115b8229f3e6cdfae43b1cdd180f5b6c67cd70", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "fbdf0c5248dce4b55181e9aff8f1b61819ba6bd7", "lessThan": "1be94490b6b8a06ff14cd23fda8714e6ec37cdfb", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c", "drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/sdio.c", "drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/spi.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.13", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.13", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.13.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.13.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.14", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.13", "versionEndExcluding": "6.13.2" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.13", "versionEndExcluding": "6.14" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7115b8229f3e6cdfae43b1cdd180f5b6c67cd70" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1be94490b6b8a06ff14cd23fda8714e6ec37cdfb" } ], "title": "wifi: wilc1000: unregister wiphy only if it has been registered", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }