Description

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

wifi: rtw89: check return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() for RNR

The return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() might be NULL, so check it
before using to avoid NULL pointer access.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1529805 ("Dereference null return value")

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-48873

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.05% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-09 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a0f54cb3fea5d087440b2bae03202c445156a8d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7296e5611adb2c619bd7bd3817ddde7ba865ef17
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/630d5d8f2bf6b340202b6bc2c05d794bbd8e4c1c

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