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🛡️ CVE-2024-43911 — kernel

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
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Description

wifi: mac80211: fix NULL dereference at band check in starting tx ba session

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

wifi: mac80211: fix NULL dereference at band check in starting tx ba session

In MLD connection, link_data/link_conf are dynamically allocated. They

don't point to vif->bss_conf. So, there will be no chanreq assigned to

vif->bss_conf and then the chan will be NULL. Tweak the code to check

ht_supported/vht_supported/has_he/has_eht on sta deflink.

Crash log (with rtw89 version under MLO development):

[ 9890.526087] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000

[ 9890.526102] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode

[ 9890.526105] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page

[ 9890.526109] PGD 0 P4D 0

[ 9890.526114] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI

[ 9890.526119] CPU: 2 PID: 6367 Comm: kworker/u16:2 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE 6.9.0 #1

[ 9890.526123] Hardware name: LENOVO 2356AD1/2356AD1, BIOS G7ETB3WW (2.73 ) 11/28/2018

[ 9890.526126] Workqueue: phy2 rtw89_core_ba_work [rtw89_core]

[ 9890.526203] RIP: 0010:ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session (net/mac80211/agg-tx.c:618 (discriminator 1)) mac80211

[ 9890.526279] Code: f7 e8 d5 93 3e ea 48 83 c4 28 89 d8 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc 49 8b 84 24 e0 f1 ff ff 48 8b 80 90 1b 00 00 <83> 38 03 0f 84 37 fe ff ff bb ea ff ff ff eb cc 49 8b 84 24 10 f3

All code

========

0: f7 e8 imul %eax

2: d5 (bad)

3: 93 xchg %eax,%ebx

4: 3e ea ds (bad)

6: 48 83 c4 28 add $0x28,%rsp

a: 89 d8 mov %ebx,%eax

c: 5b pop %rbx

d: 41 5c pop %r12

f: 41 5d pop %r13

11: 41 5e pop %r14

13: 41 5f pop %r15

15: 5d pop %rbp

16: c3 retq

17: cc int3

18: cc int3

19: cc int3

1a: cc int3

1b: 49 8b 84 24 e0 f1 ff mov -0xe20(%r12),%rax

22: ff

23: 48 8b 80 90 1b 00 00 mov 0x1b90(%rax),%rax

2a:* 83 38 03 cmpl $0x3,(%rax) <-- trapping instruction

2d: 0f 84 37 fe ff ff je 0xfffffffffffffe6a

33: bb ea ff ff ff mov $0xffffffea,%ebx

38: eb cc jmp 0x6

3a: 49 rex.WB

3b: 8b .byte 0x8b

3c: 84 24 10 test %ah,(%rax,%rdx,1)

3f: f3 repz

Code starting with the faulting instruction

===========================================

0: 83 38 03 cmpl $0x3,(%rax)

3: 0f 84 37 fe ff ff je 0xfffffffffffffe40

9: bb ea ff ff ff mov $0xffffffea,%ebx

e: eb cc jmp 0xffffffffffffffdc

10: 49 rex.WB

11: 8b .byte 0x8b

12: 84 24 10 test %ah,(%rax,%rdx,1)

15: f3 repz

[ 9890.526285] RSP: 0018:ffffb8db09013d68 EFLAGS: 00010246

[ 9890.526291] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff9308e0d656c8

[ 9890.526295] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffab99460b RDI: ffffffffab9a7685

[ 9890.526300] RBP: ffffb8db09013db8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000873

[ 9890.526304] R10: ffff9308e0d64800 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: ffff9308e5ff6e70

[ 9890.526308] R13: ffff930952500e20 R14: ffff9309192a8c00 R15: 0000000000000000

[ 9890.526313] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff930b4e700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000

[ 9890.526316] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033

[ 9890.526318] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000391c58005 CR4: 00000000001706f0

[ 9890.526321] Call Trace:

[ 9890.526324] <TASK>

[ 9890.526327] ? show_regs (arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:479)

[ 9890.526335] ? __die (arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:421 arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:434)

[ 9890.526340] ? page_fault_oops (arch/x86/mm/fault.c:713)

[ 9890.526347] ? search_module_extables (kernel/module/main.c:3256 (discriminator

---truncated---

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

CVE-2024-43911 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.9.0 up to 6.10.5)
  • linux-kernel (fixed in 6.10.5)

Timeline and source

Published on 26 August 2024 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

Other advisories for this package

kernel has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

CVE-2024-43911 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-08-26
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.9.0 6.10.5
linux-kernel — 6.10.5

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