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
2024-10-21T12:18:48Z
Modified
2025-10-09T19:00:05.195417Z
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.

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
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
626be4bf99f6250cd66da5d311a72ad7455c5a64
Fixed
a949075d4bbf1ca83ccdeaa6ef4ac2ce7526c5f4

Affected versions

v6.*

v6.10
v6.10-rc1
v6.10-rc2
v6.10-rc3
v6.10-rc4
v6.10-rc5
v6.10-rc6
v6.10-rc7
v6.11
v6.11-rc1
v6.11-rc2
v6.11-rc3
v6.11-rc4
v6.11-rc5
v6.11-rc6
v6.11-rc7
v6.11.1
v6.9
v6.9-rc7

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.11.0
Fixed
6.11.2