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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-49937

medium Nessus Plugin ID 231969

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: Set correct chandef when starting CAC When starting CAC in a mode other than AP mode, it return a WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 63 at cfg80211_chandef_dfs_usable+0x20/0xaf [cfg80211] caused by the chandef.chan being null at the end of CAC.
 Solution: Ensure the channel definition is set for the different modes when starting CAC to avoid getting a NULL 'chan' at the end of CAC. Call Trace: ? show_regs.part.0+0x14/0x16 ? __warn+0x67/0xc0 ? cfg80211_chandef_dfs_usable+0x20/0xaf [cfg80211] ? report_bug+0xa7/0x130 ? exc_overflow+0x30/0x30 ? handle_bug+0x27/0x50 ? exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x60 ? handle_exception+0xf6/0xf6 ? exc_overflow+0x30/0x30 ? cfg80211_chandef_dfs_usable+0x20/0xaf [cfg80211] ? exc_overflow+0x30/0x30 ? cfg80211_chandef_dfs_usable+0x20/0xaf [cfg80211] ? regulatory_propagate_dfs_state.cold+0x1b/0x4c [cfg80211] ? cfg80211_propagate_cac_done_wk+0x1a/0x30 [cfg80211] ? process_one_work+0x165/0x280 ? worker_thread+0x120/0x3f0 ? kthread+0xc2/0xf0 ? process_one_work+0x280/0x280 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ? ret_from_fork+0x19/0x24 [shorten subject, remove OCB, reorder cases to match previous list] (CVE-2024-49937)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 231969

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_49937.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/6/2025

Updated: 3/6/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-49937

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-49937