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CVE-2024-35946

medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: fix null pointer access when abort scan During cancel scan we might use vif…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: fix null pointer access when abort scan During cancel scan we might use vif that weren't scanning. Fix this by using the actual scanning vif.

CVSS
5.5
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2024-05-19 11:15
Modified: 2026-10-30 13:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-30 13:38 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel <6.6.27, ≥6.7 <6.8.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f11c741908dab7dd48fa5a986b210d4fc74ca8d
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e11a2966f51695c0af0b1f976a32d64dee243b2
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b34d64e9aa5505e3c84570aed5c757f1839573e8
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f11c741908dab7dd48fa5a986b210d4fc74ca8d
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e11a2966f51695c0af0b1f976a32d64dee243b2
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b34d64e9aa5505e3c84570aed5c757f1839573e8

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-30 13:38 UTC · record ↗

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