CVE-2024-40929CWE-125

CVE-2024-40929

High · published July 12, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
29.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00364 · 29.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2024-07-12T17:15Z
Affected products (7)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.17, < 5.10.2215.10.221
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.1625.15.162
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.956.1.95
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.356.6.35
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.9.66.9.6
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (13)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 JUL 12:25Z
    wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: check n_ssids before accessing the ssids
    cvelistv5