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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-53059

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 7.84% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

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

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53059
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c98ee7ea463a838235e7a0e35851b38476364f2
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45a628911d3c68e024eed337054a0452b064f450
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f45d590ccbae6dfd6faef54efe74c30bd85d3da
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64d63557ded6ff3ce72b18ab87a6c4b1b652161c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3eb986c64c6bfb721950f9666a3b723cf65d043f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9480c3045f302f43f9910d2d556d6cf5a62c1822
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07a6e3b78a65f4b2796a8d0d4adb1a15a81edead

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