Bug 2317592 (CVE-2024-47673)

Summary: CVE-2024-47673 kernel: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: pause TCM when the firmware is stopped
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-10-09 15:02:07 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: pause TCM when the firmware is stopped

Not doing so will make us send a host command to the transport while the
firmware is not alive, which will trigger a WARNING.

bad state = 0
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 17434 at drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-trans.c:115 iwl_trans_send_cmd+0x1cb/0x1e0 [iwlwifi]
RIP: 0010:iwl_trans_send_cmd+0x1cb/0x1e0 [iwlwifi]
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 iwl_mvm_send_cmd+0x40/0xc0 [iwlmvm]
 iwl_mvm_config_scan+0x198/0x260 [iwlmvm]
 iwl_mvm_recalc_tcm+0x730/0x11d0 [iwlmvm]
 iwl_mvm_tcm_work+0x1d/0x30 [iwlmvm]
 process_one_work+0x29e/0x640
 worker_thread+0x2df/0x690
 ? rescuer_thread+0x540/0x540
 kthread+0x192/0x1e0
 ? set_kthread_struct+0x90/0x90
 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30