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🛡️ CVE-2024-49939 — kernel

🟠 CVSS 8.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
8.8
CVSS Score
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Description

wifi: rtw89: avoid to add interface to list twice when SER

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

wifi: rtw89: avoid to add interface to list twice when SER

If SER L2 occurs during the WoWLAN resume flow, the add interface flow

is triggered by ieee80211_reconfig(). However, due to

rtw89_wow_resume() return failure, it will cause the add interface flow

to be executed again, resulting in a double add list and causing a kernel

panic. Therefore, we have added a check to prevent double adding of the

list.

list_add double add: new=ffff99d6992e2010, prev=ffff99d6992e2010, next=ffff99d695302628.

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kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:37!

invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI

CPU: 0 PID: 9 Comm: kworker/0:1 Tainted: G W O 6.6.30-02659-gc18865c4dfbd #1 770df2933251a0e3c888ba69d1053a817a6376a7

Hardware name: HP Grunt/Grunt, BIOS Google_Grunt.11031.169.0 06/24/2021

Workqueue: events_freezable ieee80211_restart_work [mac80211]

RIP: 0010:__list_add_valid_or_report+0x5e/0xb0

Code: c7 74 18 48 39 ce 74 13 b0 01 59 5a 5e 5f 41 58 41 59 41 5a 5d e9 e2 d6 03 00 cc 48 c7 c7 8d 4f 17 83 48 89 c2 e8 02 c0 00 00 <0f> 0b 48 c7 c7 aa 8c 1c 83 e8 f4 bf 00 00 0f 0b 48 c7 c7 c8 bc 12

RSP: 0018:ffffa91b8007bc50 EFLAGS: 00010246

RAX: 0000000000000058 RBX: ffff99d6992e0900 RCX: a014d76c70ef3900

RDX: ffffa91b8007bae8 RSI: 00000000ffffdfff RDI: 0000000000000001

RBP: ffffa91b8007bc88 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffa91b8007bae0

R10: 00000000ffffdfff R11: ffffffff83a79800 R12: ffff99d695302060

R13: ffff99d695300900 R14: ffff99d6992e1be0 R15: ffff99d6992e2010

FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff99d6aac00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000

CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033

CR2: 000078fbdba43480 CR3: 000000010e464000 CR4: 00000000001506f0

Call Trace:

<TASK>

? __die_body+0x1f/0x70

? die+0x3d/0x60

? do_trap+0xa4/0x110

? __list_add_valid_or_report+0x5e/0xb0

? do_error_trap+0x6d/0x90

? __list_add_valid_or_report+0x5e/0xb0

? handle_invalid_op+0x30/0x40

? __list_add_valid_or_report+0x5e/0xb0

? exc_invalid_op+0x3c/0x50

? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20

? __list_add_valid_or_report+0x5e/0xb0

rtw89_ops_add_interface+0x309/0x310 [rtw89_core 7c32b1ee6854761c0321027c8a58c5160e41f48f]

drv_add_interface+0x5c/0x130 [mac80211 83e989e6e616bd5b4b8a2b0a9f9352a2c385a3bc]

ieee80211_reconfig+0x241/0x13d0 [mac80211 83e989e6e616bd5b4b8a2b0a9f9352a2c385a3bc]

? finish_wait+0x3e/0x90

? synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x174/0x260

? sync_rcu_exp_done_unlocked+0x50/0x50

? wake_bit_function+0x40/0x40

ieee80211_restart_work+0xf0/0x140 [mac80211 83e989e6e616bd5b4b8a2b0a9f9352a2c385a3bc]

process_scheduled_works+0x1e5/0x480

worker_thread+0xea/0x1e0

kthread+0xdb/0x110

? move_linked_works+0x90/0x90

? kthread_associate_blkcg+0xa0/0xa0

ret_from_fork+0x3b/0x50

? kthread_associate_blkcg+0xa0/0xa0

ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20

</TASK>

Modules linked in: dm_integrity async_xor xor async_tx lz4 lz4_compress zstd zstd_compress zram zsmalloc rfcomm cmac uinput algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg btusb btrtl iio_trig_hrtimer industrialio_sw_trigger btmtk industrialio_configfs btbcm btintel uvcvideo videobuf2_vmalloc iio_trig_sysfs videobuf2_memops videobuf2_v4l2 videobuf2_common uvc snd_hda_codec_hdmi veth snd_hda_intel snd_intel_dspcfg acpi_als snd_hda_codec industrialio_triggered_buffer kfifo_buf snd_hwdep industrialio i2c_piix4 snd_hda_core designware_i2s ip6table_nat snd_soc_max98357a xt_MASQUERADE xt_cgroup snd_soc_acp_rt5682_mach fuse rtw89_8922ae(O) rtw89_8922a(O) rtw89_pci(O) rtw89_core(O) 8021q mac80211(O) bluetooth ecdh_generic ecc cfg80211 r8152 mii joydev

gsmi: Log Shutdown Reason 0x03

---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached from an adjacent network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

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

  • Attack vector: Adjacent network — the attacker has to sit on the same local or logical network.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

CVE-2024-49939 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.11.0 up to 6.11.3)
  • linux-kernel (from 6.11 up to 6.11.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 21 October 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)
git.kernel.org (Web)
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-2024-49939 on other distributions

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Details

Severity High
CVSS Score 8.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-10-21
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.11.0 6.11.3
linux-kernel 6.11 6.11.3

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