CVE-2024-26779

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Publication date:

03/04/2024

Last modified:

04/04/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix race condition on enabling fast-xmit fast-xmit must only be enabled after the sta has been uploaded to the driver, otherwise it could end up passing the not-yet-uploaded sta via drv_tx calls to the driver, leading to potential crashes because of uninitialized drv_priv data. Add a missing sta->uploaded check and re-check fast xmit after inserting a sta.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		4.19.308 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.20 (including)	5.4.270 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.5 (including)	5.10.211 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.150 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.80 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.19 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.7.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2024-26779

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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