CVE-2024-38609 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: connac: check for null before dereferencing The wcid can be NULL. It should be checked for validity before dereferencing it to avoid crash.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb47c7be0e93dd5acda078163799401ac3a78e10
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e469218765b2781fb968778bd13595acec181a0e
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024061921-CVE-2024-38609-1fad@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38609
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38609

History

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-06-19T13:56:11.416Z

Updated: 2024-12-19T09:05:34.287Z

Reserved: 2024-06-18T19:36:34.942Z

Link: CVE-2024-38609

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:12:26.118Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-06-19T14:15:20.813

Modified: 2025-01-31T15:32:13.697

Link: CVE-2024-38609

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-06-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-38609 - Bugzilla

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