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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2024-57898

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 1/15/2025 8:15:14 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Description

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

wifi: cfg80211: clear link ID from bitmap during link delete after clean up

Currently, during link deletion, the link ID is first removed from the
valid_links bitmap before performing any clean-up operations. However, some
functions require the link ID to remain in the valid_links bitmap. One
such example is cfg80211_cac_event(). The flow is -

nl80211_remove_link()
    cfg80211_remove_link()
        ieee80211_del_intf_link()
            ieee80211_vif_set_links()
                ieee80211_vif_update_links()
                    ieee80211_link_stop()
                        cfg80211_cac_event()

cfg80211_cac_event() requires link ID to be present but it is cleared
already in cfg80211_remove_link(). Ultimately, WARN_ON() is hit.

Therefore, clear the link ID from the bitmap only after completing the link
clean-up.
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae07daf440d3220d0986e676317a5da66e4f9dfd
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5c32ff6a3a38c74facdd1fe34c0d709a55527fd