CVE-2024-40929

critical

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f777792952d03bbaf8329fdfa99393a5a33e2640

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e719ae3abad60e245ce248ba3f08148f375a614

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62e007bdeb91c6879a4652c3426aef1cd9d2937b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60d62757df30b74bf397a2847a6db7385c6ee281

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c4771091ea8016c8601399078916f722dd8833b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29a18d56bd64b95bd10bda4afda512558471382a

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-07-12

Updated: 2024-07-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical