{"id":"CVE-2024-47724","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-47724","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T10:35:44.836Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: use work queue to process beacon tx event Commit 3a415daa3e8b (\"wifi: ath11k: add P2P IE in beacon template\") from Feb 28, 2024 (linux-next), leads to the following Smatch…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath11k: use work queue to process beacon tx event\n\nCommit 3a415daa3e8b (\"wifi: ath11k: add P2P IE in beacon template\")\nfrom Feb 28, 2024 (linux-next), leads to the following Smatch static\nchecker warning:\n\ndrivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c:1742 ath11k_wmi_p2p_go_bcn_ie()\nwarn: sleeping in atomic context\n\nThe reason is that ath11k_bcn_tx_status_event() will directly call might\nsleep function ath11k_wmi_cmd_send() during RCU read-side critical\nsections. The call trace is like:\n\nath11k_bcn_tx_status_event()\n-> rcu_read_lock()\n-> ath11k_mac_bcn_tx_event()\n\t-> ath11k_mac_setup_bcn_tmpl()\n\t……\n\t\t-> ath11k_wmi_bcn_tmpl()\n\t\t\t-> ath11k_wmi_cmd_send()\n-> rcu_read_unlock()\n\nCommit 886433a98425 (\"ath11k: add support for BSS color change\") added the\nath11k_mac_bcn_tx_event(), commit 01e782c89108 (\"ath11k: fix warning\nof RCU usage for ath11k_mac_get_arvif_by_vdev_id()\") added the RCU lock\nto avoid warning but also introduced this BUG.\n\nUse work queue to avoid directly calling ath11k_mac_bcn_tx_event()\nduring RCU critical sections. No need to worry about the deletion of vif\nbecause cancel_work_sync() will drop the work if it doesn't start or\nblock vif deletion until the running work is done.\n\nTested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3.6510.30","published":"2024-10-21T13:15:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-04T11:20:45.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00338,"percentile":0.27075,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/177b49dbf9c1d8f9f25a22ffafa416fc2c8aa6a3","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6db232905e094e64abff1f18249905d068285e09","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbd51da69dda1137723b8f66460bf99a9dac8dd2","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47724","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}