CVE-2024-40929

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

Publication date:

12/07/2024

Last modified:

03/11/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

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

Base Score: 7.10 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.10

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.17 (including)	5.10.221 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.162 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.95 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.35 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.9.6 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc2::::::

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

CVE-2024-40929

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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