CVE-2024-49857CWE-476

CVE-2024-49857

High · published October 21, 2024

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

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

wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: set the cipher for secured NDP ranging

The cipher pointer is not set, but is derefereced trying to set its

content, which leads to a NULL pointer dereference.

Fix it by pointing to the cipher parameter before dereferencing.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00180 · 7.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2024-10-21T17:15Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.11, < 6.11.26.11.2
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 OCT 12:18Z
    wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: set the cipher for secured NDP ranging
    cvelistv5