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CVE-2024-56536: wifi: cw1200: Fix potential NULL dereference

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-12-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cw1200: Fix potential NULL dereference A recent refactoring was identified by static analysis to cause a potential NULL dereference, fix this!

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.9 before 6.11.11; from 6.12 before 6.12.2 — fixed in 6.11.11, 6.12.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.11.11, 6.12.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ec90ac5f7bd9dd573bd5d964cbdc3beaa93a33e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b94751626a6d49bbe42a19cc1503bd391016bd5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67c914f2d64b28409796a6b9036c131e93f8af6c

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