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Vulnerability · Published Jun 19, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-38609wifi: mt76: connac: check for null before dereferencing

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 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)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: mt76: connac: check for null before dereferencing The wcid can be NULL. It should be checked for validity before dereferencing it to avoid crash.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 098428c400ff2d0f32b7cc0dc003c8da4b69908d – before e469218765b2781fb968778bd13595acec181a0e098428c400ff2d0f32b7cc0dc003c8da4b69908d – before cb47c7be0e93dd5acda078163799401ac3a78e10
Linux Linux 6.9

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