{"id":"CVE-2024-53188","summary":"wifi: ath12k: fix crash when unbinding","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath12k: fix crash when unbinding\n\nIf there is an error during some initialization related to firmware,\nthe function ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup is called to release resources.\nHowever this is released again when the device is unbinded (ath12k_pci),\nand we get:\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020\nat RIP: 0010:ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup.part.0+0xb6/0x500 [ath12k]\nCall Trace:\nath12k_dp_cc_cleanup\nath12k_dp_free\nath12k_core_deinit\nath12k_pci_remove\n...\n\nThe issue is always reproducible from a VM because the MSI addressing\ninitialization is failing.\n\nIn order to fix the issue, just set to NULL the released structure in\nath12k_dp_cc_cleanup at the end.","modified":"2026-03-20T12:40:48.250068Z","published":"2024-12-27T13:49:31.170Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2025:0117-1","SUSE-SU-2025:0153-1","SUSE-SU-2025:0154-1","SUSE-SU-2025:0289-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20165-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20248-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1","USN-7276-1","USN-7277-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/53xxx/CVE-2024-53188.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1304446f67863385dc4c914b6e0194f6664ee764"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2eec88c0fa63f8ad35704a8c9df0b5bd8694fcda"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/488d2959c28621e52b3cce118a813a4bc18bb3d1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81da9c0854545c3188ca2a09afe7cb65f9c012b5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/53xxx/CVE-2024-53188.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53188"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2"},{"fixed":"81da9c0854545c3188ca2a09afe7cb65f9c012b5"},{"fixed":"2eec88c0fa63f8ad35704a8c9df0b5bd8694fcda"},{"fixed":"488d2959c28621e52b3cce118a813a4bc18bb3d1"},{"fixed":"1304446f67863385dc4c914b6e0194f6664ee764"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-53188.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}