CVE-2024-40929
kernel: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: check n_ssids before accessing the ssids
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · July 12, 2024
Updated · October 31, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: check n_ssids before accessing the ssids
In some versions of cfg80211, the ssids poinet might be a valid one even though n_ssids is 0. Accessing the pointer in this case will cuase an out-of-bound access. Fix this by checking n_ssids first.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read