Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ethernet: mtk_wed: fix use-after-free panic in mtk_wed_setup_tc_block_cb()

When there are multiple ap interfaces on one band and with WED on,
turning the interface down will cause a kernel panic on MT798X.

Previously, cb_priv was freed in mtk_wed_setup_tc_block() without
marking NULL,and mtk_wed_setup_tc_block_cb() didn't check the value, too.

Assign NULL after free cb_priv in mtk_wed_setup_tc_block() and check NULL
in mtk_wed_setup_tc_block_cb().

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Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0072460bca32b4f5
Call trace:
mtk_wed_setup_tc_block_cb+0x4/0x38
0xffffffc0794084bc
tcf_block_playback_offloads+0x70/0x1e8
tcf_block_unbind+0x6c/0xc8
...
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Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-44997

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 13.75% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-02 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44997
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/326a89321f9d5fe399fe6f9ff7c0fc766582a6a0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b453a4bbda03aa8741279c360ac82d1c3ac33548
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db1b4bedb9b97c6d34b03d03815147c04fffe8b4

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