CVE-2024-36921

wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: guard against invalid STA ID on removal

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 30, 2024 at 03:29 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: guard against invalid STA ID on removal Guard against invalid station IDs in iwl_mvm_mld_rm_sta_id as that would result in out-of-bounds array accesses. This prevents issues should the driver get into a bad state during error handling.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 6.6.316.4 ≤ v < 6.6.316.4 ≤ v < 6.8.106.4 ≤ v < 6.96.7 ≤ v < 6.8.106.9 rc16c152ac9e56ac7871efa995854c3ff8cf6915a
Vendor states this is fixed in 17f64517bf5c26af56b6c3566273aad6646c3c4f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 94f80a8ec15e238b78521f20f8afaed60521a294 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fab21d220017daa5fd8a3d788ff25ccfecfaae2f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.31 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.9 (unaffected)

References (3)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17f64517bf5c26af56b6c3566273aad6646c3c4f
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94f80a8ec15e238b78521f20f8afaed60521a294
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fab21d220017daa5fd8a3d788ff25ccfecfaae2f

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-129

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