CVE-2024-53059
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.1
7.1CVSS HIGH
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: Fix response handling in iwl_mvm_send_recovery_cmd() 1. The size of the response packet is not validated. 2. The response buffer is not freed. Resolve these issues by switching to iwl_mvm_send_cmd_status(), which handles both size validation and frees the buffer.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorAdjacent
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactLow
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07a6e3b78a65f4b2796a8d0d4adb1a15a81edead ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07a6e3b78a65f4b2796a8d0d4adb1a15a81edeadPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3eb986c64c6bfb721950f9666a3b723cf65d043fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f45d590ccbae6dfd6faef54efe74c30bd85d3daPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45a628911d3c68e024eed337054a0452b064f450Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64d63557ded6ff3ce72b18ab87a6c4b1b652161cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9480c3045f302f43f9910d2d556d6cf5a62c1822Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c98ee7ea463a838235e7a0e35851b38476364f2Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html