CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-53059

HighCVSS 7.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.28%

20th percentile - higher than 20% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in the Linux kernel's iwlwifi module, concerning response handling in the iwl_mvm_send_recovery_cmd() function. The issue involves a lack of response packet size validation and the failure to free the response buffer.

Risk Assessment

The lack of size validation may lead to unexpected system behavior, and improper memory management could result in memory leaks or other performance issues.

Recommendation

It is recommended to switch to the iwl_mvm_send_cmd_status() function, which handles both size validation and frees the buffer.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: Fix response handling in iwl_mvm_send_recovery_cmd() 1. The size of the response packet is not validated. 2. The response buffer is not freed. Resolve these issues by switching to iwl_mvm_send_cmd_status(), which handles both size validation and frees the buffer.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS