• FreeBSD Errata Notice FreeBSD-EN-22:18.wifi

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    ============================================================================= FreeBSD-EN-22:18.wifi Errata Notice
    The FreeBSD Project

    Topic: WiFi patch update

    Category: core
    Module: net80211
    Announced: 2022-08-09
    Affects: FreeBSD 13.0
    Corrected: 2022-08-09 20:11:00 UTC (releng/13.0, 13.0-RELEASE-p12)

    Note: The corrected date and patch revision above (p12) are specific to the
    13.0-RELEASE version published via freebsd-update. The revision details
    in the table below reference the git repository information, which was
    correct at the time of the original WiFi patch.

    For general information regarding FreeBSD Errata Notices and Security Advisories, including descriptions of the fields above, security
    branches, and the following sections, please visit <URL:https://security.FreeBSD.org/>.

    I. Background

    FreeBSD's net80211 kernel subsystem provides infrastructure and drivers
    for IEEE 802.11 wireless (Wi-Fi) communications.

    II. Problem Description

    FreeBSD-SA-22:02.wifi included a number of improvements to net80211 data validation. Some of these changes were not included in the patch provided
    for FreeBSD 13.0 and via freebsd-update. The changes were included in the
    git repository.

    III. Impact

    The interface affected by the missing change is only available to the superuser. The superuser may be able to cause kernel crash.

    IV. Workaround

    No workaround is available.

    V. Solution

    Upgrade your system to a supported FreeBSD stable or release / security
    branch (releng) dated after the correction date, and reboot.

    Perform one of the following:

    1) To update your system via a binary patch:

    Systems running a RELEASE version of FreeBSD on the amd64, i386, or
    (on FreeBSD 13 and later) arm64 platforms can be updated via the freebsd-update(8) utility:

    # freebsd-update fetch
    # freebsd-update install
    # shutdown -r +5min "Installing errata update"

    2) To update your system via a source code patch:

    The following patches have been verified to apply to the applicable
    FreeBSD release branches.

    a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify the
    detached PGP signature using your PGP utility.

    # fetch https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-22:18/wifi.patch
    # fetch https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-22:18/wifi.patch.asc
    # gpg --verify wifi.patch.asc

    b) Apply the patch. Execute the following commands as root:

    # cd /usr/src
    # patch < /path/to/patch

    c) Recompile your kernel as described in <URL:https://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html> and reboot the
    system.

    VI. Correction details

    This issue is corrected by the corresponding Git commit hash or Subversion revision number in the following stable and release branches:

    Branch/path Hash Revision
    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- releng/13.0/ 0d1db5c3257e releng/13.0-n244782
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Run the following command to see which files were modified by a
    particular commit:

    # git show --stat <commit hash>

    Or visit the following URL, replacing NNNNNN with the hash:

    <URL:https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=NNNNNN>

    To determine the commit count in a working tree (for comparison against
    nNNNNNN in the table above), run:

    # git rev-list --count --first-parent HEAD

    VII. References

    <URL:https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=254737>

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