CVE-2024-49857

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49857
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-49857.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-49857
Downstream
Related
Published
2024-10-21T12:18:48.784Z
Modified
2025-11-28T02:35:39.991028Z
Summary
wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: set the cipher for secured NDP ranging
Details

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

wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: set the cipher for secured NDP ranging

The cipher pointer is not set, but is derefereced trying to set its content, which leads to a NULL pointer dereference. Fix it by pointing to the cipher parameter before dereferencing.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/49xxx/CVE-2024-49857.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
626be4bf99f6250cd66da5d311a72ad7455c5a64
Fixed
b3322a6d6aa9bc17b395c4b38d3b97578887aa8a
Fixed
a949075d4bbf1ca83ccdeaa6ef4ac2ce7526c5f4

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.11.0
Fixed
6.11.2