CVE-2024-26779

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.19.308 - Race Condition

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix race condition on enabling fast-xmit fast-xmit must only be enabled after the sta has been uploaded to the driver, otherwise it could end up passing the not-yet-uploaded sta via drv_tx calls to the driver, leading to potential crashes because of uninitialized drv_priv data. Add a missing sta->uploaded check and re-check fast xmit after inserting a sta.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 0.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-362
Status published

Affected Products (10)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.19.308
linux/linux_kernel
debian/debian_linux
linux/Kernel < 4.19.308linux
linux/Kernel < 5.4.270linux
linux/Kernel < 5.10.211linux
linux/Kernel < 5.15.150linux
linux/Kernel < 6.1.80linux
linux/Kernel < 6.6.19linux
linux/Kernel < 6.7.7linux

Timeline

Published Apr 03, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026