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CVE-2024-40941

wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't read past the mfuart notifcation

Severity Score

4.1
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't read past the mfuart notifcation

In case the firmware sends a notification that claims it has more data
than it has, we will read past that was allocated for the notification.
Remove the print of the buffer, we won't see it by default. If needed,
we can see the content with tracing.

This was reported by KFENCE.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-07-12 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-07-12 CVE Published
  • 2024-07-13 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-09-11 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.12 < 4.19.317
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Linux
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>= 4.12 < 5.4.279
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.12 < 5.10.221
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Linux
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>= 4.12 < 5.15.162
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Linux
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>= 4.12 < 6.1.95
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.12 < 6.6.35
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Linux
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>= 4.12 < 6.9.6
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.12 < 6.10
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