CVE-2024-48873

wifi: rtw89: check return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() for RNR

State: Published
Severity: 5.5 Medium
Published: Jan 11, 2025
Updated: May 11, 2026
Reserved: Jan 9, 2025

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: rtw89: check return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() for RNR

The return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() might be NULL, so check it before using to avoid NULL pointer access.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1529805 ("Dereference null return value")

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	c6aa9a9c47252ac7b07ed6d10459027e2f2a2de0 to before 1a0f54cb3fea5d087440b2bae03202c445156a8dAffected c6aa9a9c47252ac7b07ed6d10459027e2f2a2de0 to before 7296e5611adb2c619bd7bd3817ddde7ba865ef17Affected c6aa9a9c47252ac7b07ed6d10459027e2f2a2de0 to before 630d5d8f2bf6b340202b6bc2c05d794bbd8e4c1cAffected
LinuxLinux	6.4Affected before 6.4Not affected 6.6.66 through 6.6.Not affected 6.12.5 through 6.12.Not affected 6.13 and laterNot affected

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