In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix NULL pointer access in mt7921_ipv6_addr_change

When disabling wifi mt7921_ipv6_addr_change() is called as a notifier.
At this point mvif->phy is already NULL so we cannot use it here.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics threat_severity

Moderate

threat_severity

Low


Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 28 Sep 2024 01:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix NULL pointer access in mt7921_ipv6_addr_change When disabling wifi mt7921_ipv6_addr_change() is called as a notifier. At this point mvif->phy is already NULL so we cannot use it here.
Title wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix NULL pointer access in mt7921_ipv6_addr_change
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T09:36:08.792Z

Reserved: 2024-09-11T15:12:18.293Z

Link: CVE-2024-46860

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-29T13:54:02.717Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-09-27T13:15:17.493

Modified: 2024-10-02T14:04:38.863

Link: CVE-2024-46860

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-09-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-46860 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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