CVE request: ath9k_htc improperly updates MAC address

["Mathy Vanhoef" <Mathy.Vanhoef () cs kuleuven be>]

Hi,

 

This concerns a bug in the ath9k_htc driver: When a user changes/spoofs
their MAC address, an attacker can retrieve the original MAC address, which
is a potential privacy risk. Debian bug report:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=729573

 

Background of the bug:
http://www.mathyvanhoef.com/2013/11/unmasking-spoofed-mac-address.html

 

The cause of the bug is in ath9k_htc_set_bssid_mask [1]. Here the MAC
address of one of the virtual interfaces should be picked as the new main
MAC address of the device. However the main MAC address (stored in
common->macaddr) is never updated. The ath9k does implement this properly
and sets the main MAC address to the MAC address of one of the virtual
interfaces (by first writing it to iter_data->hw_macaddr and then copying it
over to common->macaddr [2]). Note that ath_hw_setbssidmask updates the main
MAC address register for both the ath9k and ath9k_htc drivers [3].

 

Can a CVE please be assigned?

 

Cheers,

Mathy

 

 

[1]
<http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv
_main.c?a=microblaze#L145>
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_
main.c?a=microblaze#L145

[2]
<http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c#
L831>
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c#L
831

[3]
<http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/net/wireless/ath/hw.c#L118>
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/net/wireless/ath/hw.c#L118


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