CVE-2024-35946 (GCVE-0-2024-35946)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-19 10:10 – Updated: 2026-05-11 20:14
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Title
wifi: rtw89: fix null pointer access when abort scan
Summary
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.
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Linux Linux Affected: e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd , < b34d64e9aa5505e3c84570aed5c757f1839573e8 (git)
Affected: e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd , < 4f11c741908dab7dd48fa5a986b210d4fc74ca8d (git)
Affected: e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd , < 7e11a2966f51695c0af0b1f976a32d64dee243b2 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.16
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.16 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.27 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.8.6 , ≤ 6.8.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.9 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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