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CVE-2024-35838wifi: mac80211: fix potential sta-link leak
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.23%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 86% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix potential sta-link leak When a station is allocated, links are added but not set to valid yet (e.g. during connection to an AP MLD), we might remove the station without ever marking links valid, and leak them. Fix that.
Timeline
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By Linux
Published
- 24 months later
· 24 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.23% · top 86% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected cb71f1d136a635decf43c3b502ee34fb05640fcd – < 49aaeb8c539b1633b3bd7c2df131ec578aa1eae1
- affected cb71f1d136a635decf43c3b502ee34fb05640fcd – < 587c5892976108674bbe61a8ff659de279318034
- affected cb71f1d136a635decf43c3b502ee34fb05640fcd – < e04bf59bdba0fa45d52160be676114e16be855a9
- affected cb71f1d136a635decf43c3b502ee34fb05640fcd – < b01a74b3ca6fd51b62c67733ba7c3280fa6c5d26
- affected 6.0
- unaffected < 6.0
- unaffected 6.1.76 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.15 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.7.3 – ≤ 6.7.*
- unaffected 6.8 – ≤ *
References
References4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49aaeb8c539b1633b3bd7c2df131ec578aa1eae1 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/587c5892976108674bbe61a8ff659de279318034 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e04bf59bdba0fa45d52160be676114e16be855a9 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b01a74b3ca6fd51b62c67733ba7c3280fa6c5d26 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-35811 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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