CVE-2024-42125

MEDIUM EPSS 11.0%
Published Jul 30, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Jul 30, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: fw: scan offload prohibit all 6 GHz channel if no 6 GHz sband We have some policy via BIOS to block uses of 6 GHz. In this case, 6 GHz sband will be NULL even if it is WiFi 7 chip. So, add NULL handling here to avoid crash.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
11.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.9  –  <6.9.9

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb38626f3f97e16e6d368a9ff6daf320f3fe31d9
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce4ba62f8bc5195a9a0d49c6235a9c99e619cadc
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb38626f3f97e16e6d368a9ff6daf320f3fe31d9
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce4ba62f8bc5195a9a0d49c6235a9c99e619cadc
    Patch