CVE-2024-35838

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

17/05/2024

Last modified:

19/09/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix potential sta-link leak When a station is allocated, links are added but not set to valid yet (e.g. during connection to an AP MLD), we might remove the station without ever marking links valid, and leak them. Fix that.

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::::::::	6.0 (including)	6.1.76 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.15 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.7.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1::::::

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

CVE-2024-35838

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools