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wifi: rtlwifi: pci: fix possible use-after-free caused by unfinished irq_prepare_bcn_tasklet

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtlwifi: pci: fix possible use-after-free caused by unfinished irq_prepare_bcn_tasklet The irq_prepare_bcn_tasklet is initialized in rtl_pci_init() and scheduled when RTL_IMR_BCNINT interrupt is triggered by hardware. But it is never killed in rtl_pci_deinit(). When the rtlwifi card probe fails or is being detached, the ieee80211_hw is deallocated. However, irq_prepare_bcn_tasklet may still be running or pending, leading to use-after-free when the freed ieee80211_hw is accessed in _rtl_pci_prepare_bcn_tasklet(). Similar to irq_tasklet, add tasklet_kill() in rtl_pci_deinit() to ensure that irq_prepare_bcn_tasklet is properly terminated before the ieee80211_hw is released. The issue was identified through static analysis.

Affected products

Linux
  • <7731b67bd59d1284d150cbe40a47e95a10613234
  • =<6.6.*
  • <039cd522dc70151da13329a5e3ae19b1736f468a
  • <008c456b76e9070979bc0e763897a5d3b0fdd4dc
  • =<5.15.*
  • =<6.18.*
  • =<6.12.*
  • <fac1079e0fdec6df6d7562c21941587236dc3def
  • =<7.0.*
  • <2.6.38
  • <ae10d4a1ab6bcaa1336abb171908a9a365761d3e
  • <3c0e8a3179e6325a7dc6ce221aef0e03d854ab4b
  • =<*
  • <e40873820c9d245ce482faa7ad514ebdb3b8d23d
  • <aa10a452e34810987fb9f4a047995b30003fb53f
  • =<6.1.*
  • =<5.10.*
  • ==2.6.38