Vulnerability · Published Oct 21, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-49928wifi: rtw89: avoid reading out of bounds when loading TX power FW elements

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-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 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.4% 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: rtw89: avoid reading out of bounds when loading TX power FW elements Because the loop-expression will do one more time before getting false from cond-expression, the original code copied one more entry size beyond valid region. Fix it by moving the entry copy to loop-body.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.11.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49928
Debian:14linux6.11.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-54.56UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1023.25UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1023.25~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1025.30UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1014.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1024.26UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1024.26~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1019.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1006.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-57.59~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1022.22UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1023.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-54.56.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-54.56.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1022.25UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1022.25~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1022.25.2UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1020.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1020.21~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1019.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-53.55.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-53.55.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49928

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 5ee7b2ea07cc6972bc505103f5d483943754a601 – before 83c84cdb75572048b67d6a3916283aeac865996e5ee7b2ea07cc6972bc505103f5d483943754a601 – before 4007c3d2da31d0c755ea3fcf55e395118e5d56215ee7b2ea07cc6972bc505103f5d483943754a601 – before ed2e4bb17a4884cf29c3347353d8aabb7265b46c
Linux Linux 6.7

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