VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-26779

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.28%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-04-03
Last modified2026-08-04
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix race condition on enabling fast-xmit fast-xmit must only be enabled after the sta has been uploaded to the driver, otherwise it could end up passing the not-yet-uploaded sta via drv_tx calls to the driver, leading to potential crashes because of uninitialized drv_priv data. Add a missing sta->uploaded check and re-check fast xmit after inserting a sta.

Weakness classification

  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-362

Primary references