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CVE-2024-35845: wifi: iwlwifi: dbg-tlv: ensure NUL termination

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-17 · updated 2026-10-15
• Weakness: CWE-134

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: dbg-tlv: ensure NUL termination The iwl_fw_ini_debug_info_tlv is used as a string, so we must ensure the string is terminated correctly before using it.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 10.0
• Linux kernel: from 5.5 before 5.10.214; from 5.11 before 5.15.153; from 5.16 before 6.1.83; from 6.2 before 6.6.23; from 6.7 before 6.7.11; from 6.8 before 6.8.2 — fixed in 5.10.214, 5.15.153, 6.1.83, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.214, 5.15.153, 6.1.83, 6.6.23. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71d4186d470e9cda7cd1a0921b4afda737c6f641
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/783d413f332a3ebec916664b366c28f58147f82c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96aa40761673da045a7774f874487cdb50c6a2f7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c855a1a5b7e3de57e6b1b29563113d5e3bfdb89a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea1d166fae14e05d49ffb0ea9fcd4658f8d3dcea
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fabe2db7de32a881e437ee69db32e0de785a6209
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fec14d1cdd92f340b9ba2bd220abf96f9609f2a9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71d4186d470e9cda7cd1a0921b4afda737c6f641
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/783d413f332a3ebec916664b366c28f58147f82c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96aa40761673da045a7774f874487cdb50c6a2f7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c855a1a5b7e3de57e6b1b29563113d5e3bfdb89a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea1d166fae14e05d49ffb0ea9fcd4658f8d3dcea

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