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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2024-57989 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7925: fix NULL deref check in mt7925_change_vif_links In mt7925_change_vif_links() devm_kzalloc() may return NULL but this returned value is not checked.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.5 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f709fe755c16b811ba7339ae4c3ee2c72323d3d Mailing List  Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5872530c2862700070223a2c2ea85642bf2f8875 Mailing List  Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cd0bd815c8a48862a296df9b30e0ea0da14acd3 Mailing List  Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
6.11		Up to (excluding)
6.12.13
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
6.13		Up to (excluding)
6.13.2

Denotes Vulnerable Software
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Change History

2 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-57989
NVD Published Date:
02/26/2025
NVD Last Modified:
03/07/2025
Source:
kernel.org