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CVE-2024-49928: wifi: rtw89: avoid reading out of bounds when loading TX power FW elements

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-10-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: avoid reading out of bounds when loading TX power FW elements Because the loop-expression will do one more time before getting false from cond-expression, the original code copied one more entry size beyond valid region. Fix it by moving the entry copy to loop-body.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 6.10.14; from 6.11 before 6.11.3 — fixed in 6.10.14, 6.11.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.10.14, 6.11.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4007c3d2da31d0c755ea3fcf55e395118e5d5621
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83c84cdb75572048b67d6a3916283aeac865996e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed2e4bb17a4884cf29c3347353d8aabb7265b46c

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