CVE-2024-49857 wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: set the cipher for secured NDP ranging

What is CVE-2024-49857?

CVE-2024-49857 is a high-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: iwlwifi: mvm: set the cipher for secured NDP ranging

The cipher pointer is not set, but is derefereced trying to set its content, which leads to a NULL pointer dereference. Fix it by pointing to the cipher parameter before dereferencing.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49857?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-49857?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-49857 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49857 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-49857, GHSA-fg94-xg7j-w3vf, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49857.