CVE-2024-35838
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wifi: mac80211: fix potential sta-link leak
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix potential sta-link leak When a station is allocated, links are added but not set to valid yet (e.g. during connection to an AP MLD), we might remove the station without ever marking links valid, and leak them. Fix that.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
May 17, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-35838
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix potential sta-link leak When a station is allocated, links are added but not set to valid yet (e.g. during connection to an AP MLD), we might remove the station without ever marking links valid, and leak them. Fix that.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49aaeb8c539b1633b3bd7c2df131ec578aa1eae1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/587c5892976108674bbe61a8ff659de279318034
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b01a74b3ca6fd51b62c67733ba7c3280fa6c5d26
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e04bf59bdba0fa45d52160be676114e16be855a9
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/35xxx/CVE-2024-35838.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35838