CVE-2024-40941

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.12-6.9.6 - Memory Corruption via MFUART Notification Buffer Overread

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't read past the mfuart notifcation In case the firmware sends a notification that claims it has more data than it has, we will read past that was allocated for the notification. Remove the print of the buffer, we won't see it by default. If needed, we can see the content with tracing. This was reported by KFENCE.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 18.3%
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 (27)
linux/Kernel 4.12.0 - 4.19.317linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.279linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.162linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.95linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.221linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.35linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.9.6linux
Linux/Linux < 4.12
Linux/Linux 4.12
Linux/Linux 4.19.317 - 4.19.*
... and 17 more
Published Jul 12, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026