CVE-2024-47681 wifi: mt76: mt7996: fix NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_mcu_sta_bfer_he

What is CVE-2024-47681?

CVE-2024-47681 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

wifi: mt76: mt7996: fix NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_mcu_sta_bfer_he

Fix the NULL pointer dereference in mt7996_mcu_sta_bfer_he routine adding an sta interface to the mt7996 driver.

Found by code review.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47681?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-47681?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-47681 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47681 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as AZL-50649, BELL-CVE-2024-47681, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47681, GHSA-5jvv-5359-4v99, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47681.