CVE-2024-53059
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: Fix response handling in iwl_mvm_send_recovery_cmd() 1. The size of the response packet is not validated. 2. The response buffer is not freed. Resolve these issues by switching to iwl_mvm_send_cmd_status(), which handles both size validation and frees the buffer.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-53059
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53059.html
Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c98ee7ea463a838235e7a0e35851b38476364f2
Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9480c3045f302f43f9910d2d556d6cf5a62c1822
Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64d63557ded6ff3ce72b18ab87a6c4b1b652161c
Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45a628911d3c68e024eed337054a0452b064f450
Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f45d590ccbae6dfd6faef54efe74c30bd85d3da
Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3eb986c64c6bfb721950f9666a3b723cf65d043f
Vendor advisory: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07a6e3b78a65f4b2796a8d0d4adb1a15a81edead
Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6966
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 9 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.119-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.10.234-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.11.7-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.11.7-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.11.7-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 5.4.285 | |
| linux-kernel | 6.12 | affected | |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6966
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07a6e3b78a65f4b2796a8d0d4adb1a15a81edead
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3eb986c64c6bfb721950f9666a3b723cf65d043f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f45d590ccbae6dfd6faef54efe74c30bd85d3da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45a628911d3c68e024eed337054a0452b064f450
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64d63557ded6ff3ce72b18ab87a6c4b1b652161c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9480c3045f302f43f9910d2d556d6cf5a62c1822
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c98ee7ea463a838235e7a0e35851b38476364f2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53059.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-53059
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.