CVE-2024-49939Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.51%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 21
Latest updateApr 28

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: avoid to add interface to list twice when SER If SER L2 occurs during the WoWLAN resume flow, the add interface flow is triggered by ieee80211_reconfig(). However, due to rtw89_wow_resume() return failure, it will cause the add interface flow to be executed again, resulting in a double add list and causing a kernel panic. Therefore, we have added a check to prevent double adding of the list. list_add double add:

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages9 packages

Patches

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