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CVE-2024-50237wifi: mac80211: do not pass a stopped vif to the driver in .get_txpower
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.27%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 80% 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: do not pass a stopped vif to the driver in .get_txpower Avoid potentially crashing in the driver because of uninitialized private data
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 19 days later
· 19 days later
Published
- 21 months later
· 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 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)
- 0.27% · top 80% 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: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93 – < b0b862aa3dbcd16b3c4715259a825f48ca540088
- affected 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93 – < 78b698fbf37208ee921ee4cedea75b5d33d6ea9f
- affected 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93 – < c21efba8b5a86537ccdf43f77536bad02f82776c
- affected 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93 – < b2bcbe5450b20641f512d6b26c6b256a5a4f847f
- affected 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93 – < 8f6cd4d5bb7406656835a90e4f1a2192607f0c21
- affected 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93 – < ee35c423042c9e04079fdee3db545135d609d6ea
- affected 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93 – < 3ccf525a73d48e814634847f6d4a6150c6f0dffc
- affected 5b3dc42b1b0db0264bbbe4ae44c15ab97bfd1e93 – < 393b6bc174b0dd21bb2a36c13b36e62fc3474a23
- affected 3.19
- unaffected < 3.19
- unaffected 4.19.323 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.285 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.229 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.171 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.116 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.60 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.11.7 – ≤ 6.11.*
- unaffected 6.12 – ≤ *
References
References10
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0b862aa3dbcd16b3c4715259a825f48ca540088 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78b698fbf37208ee921ee4cedea75b5d33d6ea9f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c21efba8b5a86537ccdf43f77536bad02f82776c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2bcbe5450b20641f512d6b26c6b256a5a4f847f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f6cd4d5bb7406656835a90e4f1a2192607f0c21 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee35c423042c9e04079fdee3db545135d609d6ea (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ccf525a73d48e814634847f6d4a6150c6f0dffc (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/393b6bc174b0dd21bb2a36c13b36e62fc3474a23 (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html (opens in a new tab)
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-2024-44739 (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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