CVE-2024-27410
MEDIUMLinux Kernel - Memory Corruption via Mesh ID Change During Interface Type Switch
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: nl80211: reject iftype change with mesh ID change It's currently possible to change the mesh ID when the interface isn't yet in mesh mode, at the same time as changing it into mesh mode. This leads to an overwrite of data in the wdev->u union for the interface type it currently has, causing cfg80211_change_iface() to do wrong things when switching. We could probably allow setting an interface to mesh while setting the mesh ID at the same time by doing a different order of operations here, but realistically there's no userspace that's going to do this, so just disallow changes in iftype when setting mesh ID.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
1.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
Status
published
Products (18)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
linux/Kernel
6.0.0 - 6.1.81linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.21linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.7.9linux
Linux/Linux
< 6.0
Linux/Linux
5.19.2 - 5.20
Linux/Linux
6.0
Linux/Linux
6.1.81 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux
6.6.21 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux
6.7.9 - 6.7.*
... and 8 more
Published
May 17, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026