CVE-2024-48873
Moderate
wifi: rtw89: check return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() for RNR
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: check return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() for RNR The return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() might be NULL, so check it before using to avoid NULL pointer access. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1529805 ("Dereference null return value")
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
January 11, 2025
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-2024-48873
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: check return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() for RNR The return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() might be NULL, so check it before using to avoid NULL pointer access. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1529805 ("Dereference null return value")
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a0f54cb3fea5d087440b2bae03202c445156a8d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/630d5d8f2bf6b340202b6bc2c05d794bbd8e4c1c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7296e5611adb2c619bd7bd3817ddde7ba865ef17
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/48xxx/CVE-2024-48873.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48873