CVE-2024-57898

wifi: cfg80211: clear link ID from bitmap during link delete after clean up

LOW
3.3
CVSS Score
Published: January 15, 2025 at 01:05 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:14 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
LOW3.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: clear link ID from bitmap during link delete after clean up Currently, during link deletion, the link ID is first removed from the valid_links bitmap before performing any clean-up operations. However, some functions require the link ID to remain in the valid_links bitmap. One such example is cfg80211_cac_event(). The flow is - nl80211_remove_link() cfg80211_remove_link() ieee80211_del_intf_link() ieee80211_vif_set_links() ieee80211_vif_update_links() ieee80211_link_stop() cfg80211_cac_event() cfg80211_cac_event() requires link ID to be present but it is cleared already in cfg80211_remove_link(). Ultimately, WARN_ON() is hit. Therefore, clear the link ID from the bitmap only after completing the link clean-up.

Affected

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

v < 6.12.96.12 ≤ v < 6.12.96.12 ≤ v < 6.136.126.13 rc16.13 rc2d74380ee99b59a2e46612c12c85e701ab213f4ea
Vendor states this is fixed in ae07daf440d3220d0986e676317a5da66e4f9dfd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b5c32ff6a3a38c74facdd1fe34c0d709a55527fd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae07daf440d3220d0986e676317a5da66e4f9dfd
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5c32ff6a3a38c74facdd1fe34c0d709a55527fd

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
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