wifi: ath11k: cleanup arsta in ath11k_mac_peer_cleanup_all()
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2026-98307 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | Linux |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2026-10-06 09:18:21 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-10-06 09:18:21 UTC |
| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: cleanup arsta in ath11k_mac_peer_cleanup_all() When mac80211 removes a sta, it calls .sta_state() which in turn calls ath11k_mac_station_remove(). In that function we clean up both peers & arsta related resources. But when the firmware crashes, ath11k calls ieee80211_restart_hw(), which assumes that all driver related resources are cleaned up beforehand. This cleanup is supposedly done by ath11k_mac_peer_cleanup_all() but does not in fact free arsta->rx_stats / tx_stats. Extract the arsta cleanup from ath11k_mac_station_remove() into a new ath11k_mac_station_cleanup() and call it from both there and ath11k_mac_peer_cleanup_all(). This should handle kmemleaks reports like: unreferenced object 0xffffff801ae66400 (size 1024): comm "hostapd", pid 1306, jiffies 4295011565 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace (crc d61c08ec): kmemleak_alloc+0x3c/0x50 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x2b0/0x3e0 ath11k_mac_op_sta_state+0x1dc/0xb10 drv_sta_state+0xac/0x6f8 sta_info_insert_rcu+0x314/0x5e0 sta_info_insert+0x14/0x38 ieee80211_add_station+0x10c/0x1a0 nl80211_new_station+0x3e8/0x680 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xc0/0x120 genl_rcv_msg+0x1b4/0x258 netlink_rcv_skb+0x4c/0x108 genl_rcv+0x38/0x60 netlink_unicast+0x190/0x278 netlink_sendmsg+0x15c/0x370 ____sys_sendmsg+0x120/0x290 ___sys_sendmsg+0x70/0xa0 Tested-on: QCN9074 hw1.0 PCI WLAN.HK.2.9.0.1-01977-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1 |
Risk And Classification
EPSS: 0.001750000 probability, percentile 0.063790000 (date 2026-10-06)
Vendor Declared Affected Products
| Source | Vendor | Product | Version | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | Linux | Linux | affected d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d c4108dce0838ec7d38d782f76f9c007cfe2fff45 git | Not specified |
| CNA | Linux | Linux | affected d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d 57bc3cd46458eafa1c38e3044a61b7399cde7642 git | Not specified |
| CNA | Linux | Linux | affected d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d be1d5e95ec499ed5ee9704aa27dd1407ccf0d0ac git | Not specified |
| CNA | Linux | Linux | affected d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d 820b8cff81c796ba20573e04722ab62500713f97 git | Not specified |
| CNA | Linux | Linux | affected 5.6 | Not specified |
| CNA | Linux | Linux | unaffected 5.6 semver | Not specified |
| CNA | Linux | Linux | unaffected 6.12.112 6.12.* semver | Not specified |
| CNA | Linux | Linux | unaffected 6.18.54 6.18.* semver | Not specified |
| CNA | Linux | Linux | unaffected 7.2.8 7.2.* semver | Not specified |
| CNA | Linux | Linux | unaffected 7.3-rc4 * original_commit_for_fix | Not specified |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| git.kernel.org/stable/c/820b8cff81c796ba20573e04722ab62500713f97 | 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 | git.kernel.org | |
| git.kernel.org/stable/c/57bc3cd46458eafa1c38e3044a61b7399cde7642 | 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 | git.kernel.org | |
| git.kernel.org/stable/c/be1d5e95ec499ed5ee9704aa27dd1407ccf0d0ac | 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 | git.kernel.org | |
| git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4108dce0838ec7d38d782f76f9c007cfe2fff45 | 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 | git.kernel.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.