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Vulnerability · Published May 1, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-27048wifi: brcm80211: handle pmk_op allocation failure

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcm80211: handle pmk_op allocation failure The kzalloc() in brcmf_pmksa_v3_op() will return null if the physical memory has run out. As a result, if we dereference the null value, the null pointer dereference bug will happen. Return -ENOMEM from brcmf_pmksa_v3_op() if kzalloc() fails for pmk_op.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-core4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-core4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-devel4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-kvm4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-devel4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-kvm4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules-extra4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10ALSA-2024:3627
Debian:13linux6.7.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27048
Debian:14linux6.7.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27048
Rocky Linux:8kernel-rt0:4.18.0-553.5.1.rt7.346.el8_10RLSA-2024:3627
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-35.35UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1008.9UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1004.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-35.35.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1005.5UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-35.35.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-27048

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux a96202acaea47fa8377088e0952bb63bd02a3bab – before df62e22c2e27420e8990a4f09e30d7bf56c2036fa96202acaea47fa8377088e0952bb63bd02a3bab – before 9975908315c13bae2f2ed5ba92870fa935180b0ea96202acaea47fa8377088e0952bb63bd02a3bab – before 6138a82f3bccfc67ed7ac059493579fc326c02e5a96202acaea47fa8377088e0952bb63bd02a3bab – before b4152222e04cb8afeeca239c90e3fcaf4c553b42
Linux Linux 6.4

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