CVE-2024-50235 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-50235

wifi: cfg80211: clear wdev->cqm_config pointer on free

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: clear wdev->cqm_config pointer on free When we free wdev->cqm_config when unregistering, we also need to clear out the pointer since the same wdev/netdev may get re-registered in another network namespace, then destroyed later, running this code again, which results in a double-free.

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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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
c797498e860e9a435a651bbf0789433684ce6dd8, 37c20b2effe987b806c8de6d12978e4ffeff026f, 32fb9b7d98c3e586bddfb978d383aa8d2b1211bc, 6.1.57, 6.5.7, 6.6, 0, 6.1.116, 6.6.60, 6.11.7, 6.12

Timeline

Official Publish: November 9th, 2024
Last Modified: May 23rd, 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.