CVE-2024-53055
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53055
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-53055.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-53055
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2024-11-19T17:19:39.037Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-28T02:35:03.848510Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix 6 GHz scan construction
- Details
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix 6 GHz scan construction
If more than 255 colocated APs exist for the set of all APs found during 2.4/5 GHz scanning, then the 6 GHz scan construction will loop forever since the loop variable has type u8, which can never reach the number found when that's bigger than 255, and is stored in a u32 variable. Also move it into the loops to have a smaller scope.
Using a u32 there is fine, we limit the number of APs in the scan list and each has a limit on the number of RNR entries due to the frame size. With a limit of 1000 scan results, a frame size upper bound of 4096 (really it's more like ~2300) and a TBTT entry size of at least 11, we get an upper bound for the number of ~372k, well in the bounds of a u32.
- Database specific
{ "cna_assigner": "Linux", "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/53xxx/CVE-2024-53055.json" }- References
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- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ac15e5a8f42fed5d90ed9e1197600913678c50f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ccd5badadab2d586e91546bf5af3deda07fef1f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7245012f0f496162dd95d888ed2ceb5a35170f1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cde8a7eb5c6762264ff0f4433358e0a0d250c875
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc621e7a043de346c33bd7ae7e2e0c651d6152ef
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/53xxx/CVE-2024-53055.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53055
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
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Introducedeae94cf82d7456b57fa9fd55c1edb8a726dcc19cFixed2ac15e5a8f42fed5d90ed9e1197600913678c50fFixedcde8a7eb5c6762264ff0f4433358e0a0d250c875Fixedfc621e7a043de346c33bd7ae7e2e0c651d6152efFixed2ccd5badadab2d586e91546bf5af3deda07fef1fFixed7245012f0f496162dd95d888ed2ceb5a35170f1a