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TI-2022-24646 Aliases CVE-2022-49131GHSA-wvpr-fjqj-5xh3

ath11k: fix kernel panic during unload/load ath11k modules

Priority LOW 24Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ath11k: fix kernel panic during unload/load ath11k modules Call netif_napi_del() from ath11k_ahb_free_ext_irq() to fix the following kernel panic when unload/load ath11k modules for few iterations. [ 971.201365] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 6d97a208 [ 971.204227] pgd = 594c2919 [ 971.211478] [6d97a208] *pgd=00000000 [ 971.214120] Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM [ 971.412024] CPU: 2 PID: 4435 Comm: insmod Not tainted 5.4.89 #0 [ 971.434256] Hardware name: Generic DT based system [ 971.440165] PC is at napi_by_id+0x10/0x40 [ 971.445019] LR is at netif_napi_add+0x160/0x1dc [ 971.743127] (napi_by_id) from [<807d89a0>] (netif_napi_add+0x160/0x1dc) [ 971.751295] (netif_napi_add) from [<7f1209ac>] (ath11k_ahb_config_irq+0xf8/0x414 [ath11k_ahb]) [ 971.759164] (ath11k_ahb_config_irq [ath11k_ahb]) from [<7f12135c>] (ath11k_ahb_probe+0x40c/0x51c [ath11k_ahb]) [ 971.768567] (ath11k_ahb_probe [ath11k_ahb]) from [<80666864>] (platform_drv_probe+0x48/0x94) [ 971.779670] (platform_drv_probe) from [<80664718>] (really_probe+0x1c8/0x450) [ 971.789389] (really_probe) from [<80664cc4>] (driver_probe_device+0x15c/0x1b8) [ 971.797547] (driver_probe_device) from [<80664f60>] (device_driver_attach+0x44/0x60) [ 971.805795] (device_driver_attach) from [<806650a0>] (__driver_attach+0x124/0x140) [ 971.814822] (__driver_attach) from [<80662adc>] (bus_for_each_dev+0x58/0xa4) [ 971.823328] (bus_for_each_dev) from [<80663a2c>] (bus_add_driver+0xf0/0x1e8) [ 971.831662] (bus_add_driver) from [<806658a4>] (driver_register+0xa8/0xf0) [ 971.839822] (driver_register) from [<8030269c>] (do_one_initcall+0x78/0x1ac) [ 971.847638] (do_one_initcall) from [<80392524>] (do_init_module+0x54/0x200) [ 971.855968] (do_init_module) from [<803945b0>] (load_module+0x1e30/0x1ffc) [ 971.864126] (load_module) from [<803948b0>] (sys_init_module+0x134/0x17c) [ 971.871852] (sys_init_module) from [<80301000>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x50) Tested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.6.0.1-00760-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00264 18th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 5.10.111, 5.15.34, 5.16.20 +2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux5.6 and later5.10.111, 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3, 5.18Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.6 and later Fixed in 5.10.111, 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3, 5.18 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 5.10.111; 5.11 to before 5.15.34; 5.16 to before 5.16.20; 5.17 to before 5.17.3VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.10.111; 5.11 to before 5.15.34; 5.16 to before 5.16.20; 5.17 to before 5.17.3 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.111, 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3, 5.18

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 5 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-49131
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wvpr-fjqj-5xh3

References

Patch 5

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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Sources

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