CVE-2024-35838

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35838
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-35838.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-35838
Downstream
Related
Published
2024-05-17T14:02:36.410Z
Modified
2025-11-28T02:35:42.164347Z
Summary
wifi: mac80211: fix potential sta-link leak
Details

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

wifi: mac80211: fix potential sta-link leak

When a station is allocated, links are added but not set to valid yet (e.g. during connection to an AP MLD), we might remove the station without ever marking links valid, and leak them. Fix that.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/35xxx/CVE-2024-35838.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
cb71f1d136a635decf43c3b502ee34fb05640fcd
Fixed
49aaeb8c539b1633b3bd7c2df131ec578aa1eae1
Fixed
587c5892976108674bbe61a8ff659de279318034
Fixed
e04bf59bdba0fa45d52160be676114e16be855a9
Fixed
b01a74b3ca6fd51b62c67733ba7c3280fa6c5d26

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.0.0
Fixed
6.1.76
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.15
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.7.3