GHSA-CH3Q-JHHP-7W44
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-16 15:34 – Updated: 2026-09-14 12:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath11k: Clear affinity hint before calling ath11k_pcic_free_irq() in error path
If a shared IRQ is used by the driver due to platform limitation, then the IRQ affinity hint is set right after the allocation of IRQ vectors in ath11k_pci_alloc_msi(). This does no harm unless one of the functions requesting the IRQ fails and attempt to free the IRQ. This results in the below warning:
WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 349 at kernel/irq/manage.c:1929 free_irq+0x278/0x29c Call trace: free_irq+0x278/0x29c ath11k_pcic_free_irq+0x70/0x10c [ath11k] ath11k_pci_probe+0x800/0x820 [ath11k_pci] local_pci_probe+0x40/0xbc
The warning is due to not clearing the affinity hint before freeing the IRQs.
So to fix this issue, clear the IRQ affinity hint before calling ath11k_pcic_free_irq() in the error path. The affinity will be cleared once again further down the error path due to code organization, but that does no harm.
Tested-on: QCA6390 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HST.1.0.1-05266-QCAHSTSWPLZ_V2_TO_X86-1
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-23129"
],
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"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-16T15:16:07Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath11k: Clear affinity hint before calling ath11k_pcic_free_irq() in error path\n\nIf a shared IRQ is used by the driver due to platform limitation, then the\nIRQ affinity hint is set right after the allocation of IRQ vectors in\nath11k_pci_alloc_msi(). This does no harm unless one of the functions\nrequesting the IRQ fails and attempt to free the IRQ. This results in the\nbelow warning:\n\nWARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 349 at kernel/irq/manage.c:1929 free_irq+0x278/0x29c\nCall trace:\n free_irq+0x278/0x29c\n ath11k_pcic_free_irq+0x70/0x10c [ath11k]\n ath11k_pci_probe+0x800/0x820 [ath11k_pci]\n local_pci_probe+0x40/0xbc\n\nThe warning is due to not clearing the affinity hint before freeing the\nIRQs.\n\nSo to fix this issue, clear the IRQ affinity hint before calling\nath11k_pcic_free_irq() in the error path. The affinity will be cleared once\nagain further down the error path due to code organization, but that does\nno harm.\n\nTested-on: QCA6390 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HST.1.0.1-05266-QCAHSTSWPLZ_V2_TO_X86-1",
"id": "GHSA-ch3q-jhhp-7w44",
"modified": "2026-09-14T12:31:26Z",
"published": "2025-04-16T15:34:46Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23129"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fc42cfcc6e336f25dee79b34e57c4a63cd652a5"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68410c5bd381a81bcc92b808e7dc4e6b9ed25d11"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7493b9baf0e54b44caae46715aaa409a84bd9f4b"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80dc5a2ce5b75d648e08549617f5c555d07ae43c"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
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