CVE-2024-40929

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40929
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-40929.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-40929
Downstream
Related
Published
2024-07-12T12:25:08.434Z
Modified
2026-03-13T07:57:14.893856Z
Summary
wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: check n_ssids before accessing the ssids
Details

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

wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: check n_ssids before accessing the ssids

In some versions of cfg80211, the ssids poinet might be a valid one even though nssids is 0. Accessing the pointer in this case will cuase an out-of-bound access. Fix this by checking nssids first.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/40xxx/CVE-2024-40929.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
c1a7515393e403758a684fd0a2372af466675b15
Fixed
3c4771091ea8016c8601399078916f722dd8833b
Fixed
f777792952d03bbaf8329fdfa99393a5a33e2640
Fixed
9e719ae3abad60e245ce248ba3f08148f375a614
Fixed
29a18d56bd64b95bd10bda4afda512558471382a
Fixed
62e007bdeb91c6879a4652c3426aef1cd9d2937b
Fixed
60d62757df30b74bf397a2847a6db7385c6ee281

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-40929.json"