PT-2024-7695
CVE-2024-26779
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Published
2024-01-18
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Updated
2025-09-29
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.8
HighMetricsAV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to a race condition in the mac80211 component of the Linux kernel. This condition can lead to potential crashes due to uninitialized drv priv data when fast-xmit is enabled before the sta has been uploaded to the driver. The vulnerability may allow an attacker to elevate privileges in the system. The affected functions include ieee80211 check fast xmit() in net/mac80211/tx.c and sta info insert finish() in net/mac80211/sta info.c.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
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Researchers
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