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Vulnerability · Published Mar 6, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-58062wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: avoid NULL pointer dereference

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference 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 8% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.4% 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: iwlwifi: mvm: avoid NULL pointer dereference When iterating over the links of a vif, we need to make sure that the pointer is valid (in other words - that the link exists) before dereferncing it. Use for_each_vif_active_link that also does the check.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.12.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-58062
Debian:14linux6.12.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58062

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 2b7ee1a10a72ef8f3df621133ac04e80e8214037 – before fbb563ad5032a07ac83c746ce5c8de5f25b5ffd02b7ee1a10a72ef8f3df621133ac04e80e8214037 – before 7f6fb4b7611eb6371c493c42fefad84a1742bcbb2b7ee1a10a72ef8f3df621133ac04e80e8214037 – before cf704a7624f99eb2ffca1a16c69183e85544a613
Linux Linux 6.12

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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