Avoid crash in mac80211 driver due to uninitialized private data
CVE-2024-50237

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Linux
Status
Linux
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 November 2024

What is CVE-2024-50237?

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac80211: do not pass a stopped vif to the driver in .get_txpower

Avoid potentially crashing in the driver because of uninitialized private data

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Affected Version(s)

Linux 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93

Linux 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93 < 78b698fbf37208ee921ee4cedea75b5d33d6ea9f

Linux 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0b862aa3dbcd16b3c4715259...
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78b698fbf37208ee921ee4ced...
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c21efba8b5a86537ccdf43f77...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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