CVE-2024-48873

wifi: rtw89: check return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() for RNR

Medium · published January 11, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: rtw89: check return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() for RNR

The return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() might be NULL, so check it

before using to avoid NULL pointer access.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1529805 ("Dereference null return value")

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00223 · 12.3th percentile
Published
2025-01-11T12:25Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 JAN 12:25Z
    wifi: rtw89: check return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() for RNR
    cvelistv5