ACK: [SRU][F][PATCH 0/1] CVE-2024-40929

[Mehmet Basaran]

Acked-by: Mehmet Basaran <mehmet.basaran at canonical.com>

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Koichiro Den <koichiro.den at canonical.com> writes:

> [Impact]
>
> wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: check n_ssids before accessing the ssids
>
> In some versions of cfg80211, the ssids poinet might be a valid one even
> though n_ssids is 0. Accessing the pointer in this case will cuase an
> out-of-bound access. Fix this by checking n_ssids first.
>
> [Backport]
>
> Adjusted context due to multiple missing commits, including commit
> 19ff9b2c6e3c ("iwlwifi: scan: adapt the code to use api ver 11").
>
> [Fix]
>
> Noble:  fixed via stable
> Jammy:  fixed via stable
> Focal:  Backport - adjusted contexts, see [Backport]
> Bionic: not affected
> Xenial: not affected
> Trusty: not affected
>
> [Test case]
>
> Compile and boot tested
>
> [Where problems could occur]
>
> This fix affects those who use iwlwifi, an issue with this fix would be
> visible to the user via OOB, potentially leading to a system crash.
>
>
> Miri Korenblit (1):
>   wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: check n_ssids before accessing the ssids
>
>  drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> -- 
> 2.43.0
>
>
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