CVE-2007-5938

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

The iwl_set_rate function in compatible/iwl3945-base.c in iwlwifi 1.1.21 and earlier dereferences an iwl_get_hw_mode return value without checking for NULL, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via unspecified vectors during module initialization.

Affected products

Intel Pro Wireless 3945Abg: 1.1.21
Intel Wireless Wifi Link 4965Agn: 1.1.21

References

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.ipw3945.devel/1618
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199209
http://osvdb.org/44749
http://secunia.com/advisories/29236
http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/repos/?p=iwlwifi.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=25db44d4cdfe31d59223d74cb577f4a71aff1a40
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0154.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26842
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4211
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10787
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.ipw3945.devel/1618
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199209
http://osvdb.org/44749

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