CVE-2024-48873

MEDIUM EPSS 11.3%
Published Jan 11, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Jan 11, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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")

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
11.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.4  –  <6.6.66
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.12.5

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a0f54cb3fea5d087440b2bae03202c445156a8d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/630d5d8f2bf6b340202b6bc2c05d794bbd8e4c1c
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7296e5611adb2c619bd7bd3817ddde7ba865ef17
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a0f54cb3fea5d087440b2bae03202c445156a8d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/630d5d8f2bf6b340202b6bc2c05d794bbd8e4c1c
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7296e5611adb2c619bd7bd3817ddde7ba865ef17
    Patch