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CVE-2024-58061: wifi: mac80211: prohibit deactivating all links

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 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: 2025-03-06 · updated 2026-10-15

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: prohibit deactivating all links In the internal API this calls this is a WARN_ON, but that should remain since internally we want to know about bugs that may cause this. Prevent deactivating all links in the debugfs write directly.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.1 before 6.1.129; from 6.2 before 6.6.76; from 6.7 before 6.12.13; from 6.13 before 6.13.2 — fixed in 6.1.129, 6.12.13, 6.13.2, 6.6.76

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.1.129, 6.12.13, 6.13.2, 6.6.76. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18100796c11dfdea9101fdc95d2428b2093477ee
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/270ad6776e7cf1be3b769e0447070f9d0e8269db
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7553477cbfd784b128297f9ed43751688415bbaa
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d36e48a4d81c647df8a76cc58fd4d2442ba10744
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfe9a043300261afe5eadc07b867a6810c4e999a
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html

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