CVE-2024-57991

5.5 MEDIUM
Published: February 27, 2025 Modified: October 01, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: chan: fix soft lockup in rtw89_entity_recalc_mgnt_roles() During rtw89_entity_recalc_mgnt_roles(), there is a normalizing process which will re-order the list if an entry with target pattern is found. And once one is found, should have aborted the list_for_each_entry. But, `break` just aborted the inner for-loop. The outer list_for_each_entry still continues. Normally, only the first entry will match the target pattern, and the re-ordering will change nothing, so there won't be soft lockup. However, in some special cases, soft lockup would happen. Fix it by `goto fill` to break from the list_for_each_entry. The following is a sample of kernel log for this problem. watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 26s! [wpa_supplicant:2055] [...] RIP: 0010:rtw89_entity_recalc ([...] chan.c:392 chan.c:479) rtw89_core [...]

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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/01d2d34e9fcc9897081c3c16a666f793c8a38c58
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Mailing List Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/223ba95fdcd3c6090e2bd51dce66abb6dd4f9df9
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Mailing List Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4790b3e314a4814f1680a5dc552031fb199b878
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Mailing List Patch

3 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
8th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

linux