# CVE-2024-49939: wifi: rtw89: avoid to add interface to list twice when SER > A double list addition in the rtw89 WiFi driver during SER resume causes a kernel panic, leading to system denial of service. - **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Not needed - **Attackable:** Local or same network only - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 21 Oct 2024 - **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026 - **Also known as:** AZL-53039, BELL-CVE-2024-49939, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49939, GHSA-w7r5-57r3-mcrc, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-49939, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49939 ## What is CVE-2024-49939? CVE-2024-49939 is a high-severity denial of service 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: rtw89: avoid to add interface to list twice when SER If SER L2 occurs during the WoWLAN resume flow, the add interface flow is triggered by ieee80211_reconfig(). However, due to rtw89_wow_resume() return failure, it will cause the add interface flow to be executed again, resulting in a double add list and causing a kernel panic. Therefore, we have added a check to prevent double adding of the list. list_add double add: new=ffff99d6992e2010, prev=ffff99d6992e2010, next=ffff99d695302628. ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:37! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 0 PID: 9 Comm: kworker/0:1 Tainted: G W O 6.6.30-02659-gc18865c4dfbd #1 770df2933251a0e3c888ba69d1053a817a6376a7 Hardware name: HP Grunt/Grunt, BIOS Google_Grunt.11031.169.0 06/24/2021 Workqueue: events_freezable ieee80211_restart_work [mac80211] RIP: 0010:__list_add_valid_or_report+0x5e/0xb0 Code: c7 74 18 48 39 ce 74 13 b0 01 59 5a 5e 5f 41 58 41 59 41 5a 5d e9 e2 d6 03 00 cc 48 c7 c7 8d 4f 17 83 48 89 c2 e8 02 c0 00 00 <0f> 0b 48 c7 c7 aa 8c 1c 83 e8 f4 bf 00 00 0f 0b 48 c7 c7 c8 bc 12 RSP: 0018:ffffa91b8007bc50 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000058 RBX: ffff99d6992e0900 RCX: a014d76c70ef3900 RDX: ffffa91b8007bae8 RSI: 00000000ffffdfff RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: ffffa91b8007bc88 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffa91b8007bae0 R10: 00000000ffffdfff R11: ffffffff83a79800 R12: ffff99d695302060 R13: ffff99d695300900 R14: ffff99d6992e1be0 R15: ffff99d6992e2010 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff99d6aac00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000078fbdba43480 CR3: 000000010e464000 CR4: 00000000001506f0 Call Trace: ? __die_body+0x1f/0x70 ? die+0x3d/0x60 ? do_trap+0xa4/0x110 ? __list_add_valid_or_report+0x5e/0xb0 ? do_error_trap+0x6d/0x90 ? __list_add_valid_or_report+0x5e/0xb0 ? handle_invalid_op+0x30/0x40 ? __list_add_valid_or_report+0x5e/0xb0 ? exc_invalid_op+0x3c/0x50 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 ? __list_add_valid_or_report+0x5e/0xb0 rtw89_ops_add_interface+0x309/0x310 [rtw89_core 7c32b1ee6854761c0321027c8a58c5160e41f48f] drv_add_interface+0x5c/0x130 [mac80211 83e989e6e616bd5b4b8a2b0a9f9352a2c385a3bc] ieee80211_reconfig+0x241/0x13d0 [mac80211 83e989e6e616bd5b4b8a2b0a9f9352a2c385a3bc] ? finish_wait+0x3e/0x90 ? synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x174/0x260 ? sync_rcu_exp_done_unlocked+0x50/0x50 ? wake_bit_function+0x40/0x40 ieee80211_restart_work+0xf0/0x140 [mac80211 83e989e6e616bd5b4b8a2b0a9f9352a2c385a3bc] process_scheduled_works+0x1e5/0x480 worker_thread+0xea/0x1e0 kthread+0xdb/0x110 ? move_linked_works+0x90/0x90 ? kthread_associate_blkcg+0xa0/0xa0 ret_from_fork+0x3b/0x50 ? kthread_associate_blkcg+0xa0/0xa0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 Modules linked in: dm_integrity async_xor xor async_tx lz4 lz4_compress zstd zstd_compress zram zsmalloc rfcomm cmac uinput algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg btusb btrtl iio_trig_hrtimer industrialio_sw_trigger btmtk industrialio_configfs btbcm btintel uvcvideo videobuf2_vmalloc iio_trig_sysfs videobuf2_memops videobuf2_v4l2 videobuf2_common uvc snd_hda_codec_hdmi veth snd_hda_intel snd_intel_dspcfg acpi_als snd_hda_codec industrialio_triggered_buffer kfifo_buf snd_hwdep industrialio i2c_piix4 snd_hda_core designware_i2s ip6table_nat snd_soc_max98357a xt_MASQUERADE xt_cgroup snd_soc_acp_rt5682_mach fuse rtw89_8922ae(O) rtw89_8922a(O) rtw89_pci(O) rtw89_core(O) 8021q mac80211(O) bluetooth ecdh_generic ecc cfg80211 r8152 mii joydev gsmi: Log Shutdown Reason 0x03 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49939? It affects 1 product. Products: Linux kernel. ## How do I fix CVE-2024-49939? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2024-49939 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49939 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel - [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2024-49939 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2024-49939 is a high-severity denial of service 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. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49939 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page. Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49939/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49939/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49939 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49939 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49939 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49939/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.