CVE-2024-35838 - CVE House

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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-35838

wifi: mac80211: fix potential sta-link leak

0 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix potential sta-link leak When a station is allocated, links are added but not set to valid yet (e.g. during connection to an AP MLD), we might remove the station without ever marking links valid, and leak them. Fix that.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Affected Vendor

Linux

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Affected Software

Linux

Vulnerable Versions:

cb71f1d136a635decf43c3b502ee34fb05640fcd, 6.0, 0, 6.1.76, 6.6.15, 6.7.3, 6.8

Timeline

Official Publish: May 17th, 2024

Last Modified: May 11th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.