CVE-2024-53059

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.1-6.11.7 - Memory Leak and Buffer Overflow in iwl_mvm_send_recovery_cmd()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: Fix response handling in iwl_mvm_send_recovery_cmd() 1. The size of the response packet is not validated. 2. The response buffer is not freed. Resolve these issues by switching to iwl_mvm_send_cmd_status(), which handles both size validation and frees the buffer.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 20.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

Status published
Products (24)
linux/Kernel 5.1.0 - 5.4.285linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.171linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.116linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.229linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.60linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.11.7linux
Linux/Linux < 5.1
Linux/Linux 5.1
Linux/Linux 5.10.229 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.171 - 5.15.*
... and 14 more
Published Nov 19, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026