CVE-2024-50237
High
wifi: mac80211: do not pass a stopped vif to the driver in .get_txpower
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: do not pass a stopped vif to the driver in .get_txpower Avoid potentially crashing in the driver because of uninitialized private data
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
November 9, 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-2024-50237
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: do not pass a stopped vif to the driver in .get_txpower Avoid potentially crashing in the driver because of uninitialized private data
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/393b6bc174b0dd21bb2a36c13b36e62fc3474a23
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ccf525a73d48e814634847f6d4a6150c6f0dffc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78b698fbf37208ee921ee4cedea75b5d33d6ea9f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f6cd4d5bb7406656835a90e4f1a2192607f0c21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0b862aa3dbcd16b3c4715259a825f48ca540088
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2bcbe5450b20641f512d6b26c6b256a5a4f847f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c21efba8b5a86537ccdf43f77536bad02f82776c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee35c423042c9e04079fdee3db545135d609d6ea
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/50xxx/CVE-2024-50237.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50237