Bug 2324897 (CVE-2024-50237) - CVE-2024-50237 kernel: wifi: mac80211: do not pass a stopped vif to the driver in .get_txpower
Summary: CVE-2024-50237 kernel: wifi: mac80211: do not pass a stopped vif to the drive...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-50237
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2325123
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-11-09 11:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-05-13 08:34 UTC (History)
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2025:6966 0 None None None 2025-05-13 08:34:55 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-11-09 11:03:56 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac80211: do not pass a stopped vif to the driver in .get_txpower

Avoid potentially crashing in the driver because of uninitialized private data
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2024-11-11 06:55:58 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024110932-CVE-2024-50237-7073@gregkh/T
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2025-05-13 08:34:54 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:6966 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6966
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