GHSA-FCRC-8J6J-JR4G

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-22 18:31 – Updated: 2026-01-07 18:30
VLAI?
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac80211: reject TDLS operations when station is not associated

syzbot triggered a WARN in ieee80211_tdls_oper() by sending NL80211_TDLS_ENABLE_LINK immediately after NL80211_CMD_CONNECT, before association completed and without prior TDLS setup.

This left internal state like sdata->u.mgd.tdls_peer uninitialized, leading to a WARN_ON() in code paths that assumed it was valid.

Reject the operation early if not in station mode or not associated.

Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "aliases": [
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    "severity": "MODERATE"
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: reject TDLS operations when station is not associated\n\nsyzbot triggered a WARN in ieee80211_tdls_oper() by sending\nNL80211_TDLS_ENABLE_LINK immediately after NL80211_CMD_CONNECT,\nbefore association completed and without prior TDLS setup.\n\nThis left internal state like sdata-\u003eu.mgd.tdls_peer uninitialized,\nleading to a WARN_ON() in code paths that assumed it was valid.\n\nReject the operation early if not in station mode or not associated.",
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  "modified": "2026-01-07T18:30:21Z",
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