CVE-2024-53055 — Infinite Loop in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 19
Latest updateMay 26
Description
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…
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