# CVE-2024-50128: net: wwan: fix global oob in wwan_rtnl_policy

> A global out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel WWAN driver allows attackers to cause a denial of service or disclose sensitive memory information.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 5 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-52458, AZL-52508, BELL-CVE-2024-50128, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50128, GHSA-92v4-4f89-wr92, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50128

## What is CVE-2024-50128?

CVE-2024-50128 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Nov 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:

net: wwan: fix global oob in wwan_rtnl_policy

The variable wwan_rtnl_link_ops assign a *bigger* maxtype which leads to
a global out-of-bounds read when parsing the netlink attributes. Exactly
same bug cause as the oob fixed in commit b33fb5b801c6 ("net: qualcomm:
rmnet: fix global oob in rmnet_policy").

==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in validate_nla lib/nlattr.c:388 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in __nla_validate_parse+0x19d7/0x29a0 lib/nlattr.c:603
Read of size 1 at addr ffffffff8b09cb60 by task syz.1.66276/323862

CPU: 0 PID: 323862 Comm: syz.1.66276 Not tainted 6.1.70 #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x177/0x231 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:284 [inline]
 print_report+0x14f/0x750 mm/kasan/report.c:395
 kasan_report+0x139/0x170 mm/kasan/report.c:495
 validate_nla lib/nlattr.c:388 [inline]
 __nla_validate_parse+0x19d7/0x29a0 lib/nlattr.c:603
 __nla_parse+0x3c/0x50 lib/nlattr.c:700
 nla_parse_nested_deprecated include/net/netlink.h:1269 [inline]
 __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3514 [inline]
 rtnl_newlink+0x7bc/0x1fd0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3623
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x794/0xef0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6122
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1de/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2508
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1326 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x74b/0x8c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1352
 netlink_sendmsg+0x882/0xb90 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1874
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:716 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:728 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x5cc/0x8f0 net/socket.c:2499
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x21c/0x290 net/socket.c:2553
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2582 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2591 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg+0x19e/0x270 net/socket.c:2589
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x45/0x90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
RIP: 0033:0x7f67b19a24ad
RSP: 002b:00007f67b17febb8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f67b1b45f80 RCX: 00007f67b19a24ad
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000020005e40 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f67b1a1e01d R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007ffd2513764f R14: 00007ffd251376e0 R15: 00007f67b17fed40
 </TASK>

The buggy address belongs to the variable:
 wwan_rtnl_policy+0x20/0x40

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page:ffffea00002c2700 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0xb09c
flags: 0xfff00000001000(reserved|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
raw: 00fff00000001000 ffffea00002c2708 ffffea00002c2708 0000000000000000
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner info is not present (never set?)

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffffffff8b09ca00: 05 f9 f9 f9 05 f9 f9 f9 00 01 f9 f9 00 01 f9 f9
 ffffffff8b09ca80: 00 00 00 05 f9 f9 f9 f9 00 00 03 f9 f9 f9 f9 f9
>ffffffff8b09cb00: 00 00 00 00 05 f9 f9 f9 00 00 00 00 f9 f9 f9 f9
                                                       ^
 ffffffff8b09cb80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
==================================================================

According to the comment of `nla_parse_nested_deprecated`, use correct size
`IFLA_WWAN_MAX` here to fix this issue.

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50128?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-50128?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-50128 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50128 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-2024-50128 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50128 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Nov 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-2024-50128 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-2024-50128/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50128/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50128
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50128
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50128

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