CVE-2024-40941

5.5 MEDIUM
Published: July 12, 2024 Modified: November 03, 2025

Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15b37c6fab9d5e40ac399fa1c725118588ed649c
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46c59a25337049a2a230ce7f7c3b9f21d0aaaad7
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bb95f4535489ed830cf9b34b0a891e384d1aee4
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6532f18e66b384b8d4b7e5c9caca042faaa9e8de
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65686118845d427df27ee83a6ddd4885596b0805
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a05018739a5e6b9dc112c95bd4c59904062c8940
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8bc8276af9aeacabb773f0c267cfcdb847c6f2d
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acdfa33c3cf5e1cd185cc1e0486bd0ea9f09c154
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15b37c6fab9d5e40ac399fa1c725118588ed649c
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46c59a25337049a2a230ce7f7c3b9f21d0aaaad7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bb95f4535489ed830cf9b34b0a891e384d1aee4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6532f18e66b384b8d4b7e5c9caca042faaa9e8de
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65686118845d427df27ee83a6ddd4885596b0805
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a05018739a5e6b9dc112c95bd4c59904062c8940
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8bc8276af9aeacabb773f0c267cfcdb847c6f2d
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acdfa33c3cf5e1cd185cc1e0486bd0ea9f09c154
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

17 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
1th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

linux