1226751 – (CVE-2024-38609) VUL-0: CVE-2024-38609: kernel: wifi: mt76: connac: check for null before dereferencing

Bug 1226751 (CVE-2024-38609) - VUL-0: CVE-2024-38609: kernel: wifi: mt76: connac: check for null before dereferencing

Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2024-38609: kernel: wifi: mt76: connac: check for null before dere...

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	CVE-2024-38609

Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents (show other bugs)
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P3 - Medium Severity: Normal
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Security Team bot
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/411456/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2024-38609:4.7:(AV:...
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Reported:	2024-06-21 11:39 UTC by SMASH SMASH
Modified:	2024-06-21 15:27 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description SMASH SMASH 2024-06-21 11:39:27 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mt76: connac: check for null before dereferencing

The wcid can be NULL. It should be checked for validity before
dereferencing it to avoid crash.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2024-38609
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2024/CVE-2024-38609.mbox
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e469218765b2781fb968778bd13595acec181a0e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb47c7be0e93dd5acda078163799401ac3a78e10
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38609
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293355