CVE-2024-46760

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.6.51, >=6.7.0 <6.10.10, >=6.11 - NULL Pointer Dereference in rtw_rx_fill_rx_status

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: usb: schedule rx work after everything is set up Right now it's possible to hit NULL pointer dereference in rtw_rx_fill_rx_status on hw object and/or its fields because initialization routine can start getting USB replies before rtw_dev is fully setup. The stack trace looks like this: rtw_rx_fill_rx_status rtw8821c_query_rx_desc rtw_usb_rx_handler ... queue_work rtw_usb_read_port_complete ... usb_submit_urb rtw_usb_rx_resubmit rtw_usb_init_rx rtw_usb_probe So while we do the async stuff rtw_usb_probe continues and calls rtw_register_hw, which does all kinds of initialization (e.g. via ieee80211_register_hw) that rtw_rx_fill_rx_status relies on. Fix this by moving the first usb_submit_urb after everything is set up. For me, this bug manifested as: [ 8.893177] rtw_8821cu 1-1:1.2: band wrong, packet dropped [ 8.910904] rtw_8821cu 1-1:1.2: hw->conf.chandef.chan NULL in rtw_rx_fill_rx_status because I'm using Larry's backport of rtw88 driver with the NULL checks in rtw_rx_fill_rx_status.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 14.2%
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

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (11)
linux/Kernel 5.2.0 - 6.6.51linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.10.10linux
Linux/Linux < 5.2
Linux/Linux 5.2
Linux/Linux 6.10.10 - 6.10.*
Linux/Linux 6.11
Linux/Linux 6.6.51 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9 - 25eaef533bf3ccc6fee5067aac16f41f280e343e
Linux/Linux e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9 - adc539784c98a7cc602cbf557debfc2e7b9be8b3
Linux/Linux e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9 - c83d464b82a8ad62ec9077637f75d73fe955635a
... and 1 more
Published Sep 18, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026