{"cve":"CVE-2024-46755","nvd":{"published":"2024-09-18T08:15:04.203","modified":"2026-08-04T11:20:22.560","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mwifiex: Do not return unused priv in mwifiex_get_priv_by_id()\n\nmwifiex_get_priv_by_id() returns the priv pointer corresponding to\nthe bss_num and bss_type, but without checking if the priv is actually\ncurrently in use.\nUnused priv pointers do not have a wiphy attached to them which can\nlead to NULL pointer dereferences further down the callstack.  Fix\nthis by returning only used priv pointers which have priv->bss_mode\nset to something else than NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED.\n\nSaid NULL pointer dereference happened when an Accesspoint was started\nwith wpa_supplicant -i mlan0 with this config:\n\nnetwork={\n        ssid=\"somessid\"\n        mode=2\n        frequency=2412\n        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK WPA-PSK-SHA256\n        proto=RSN\n        group=CCMP\n        pairwise=CCMP\n        psk=\"12345678\"\n}\n\nWhen waiting for the AP to be established, interrupting wpa_supplicant\nwith <ctrl-c> and starting it again this happens:\n\n| Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000140\n| Mem abort info:\n|   ESR = 0x0000000096000004\n|   EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits\n|   SET = 0, FnV = 0\n|   EA = 0, S1PTW = 0\n|   FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault\n| Data abort info:\n|   ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000\n|   CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0\n|   GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0\n| user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000046d96000\n| [0000000000000140] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000\n| Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP\n| Modules linked in: caam_jr caamhash_desc spidev caamalg_desc crypto_engine authenc libdes mwifiex_sdio\n+mwifiex crct10dif_ce cdc_acm onboard_usb_hub fsl_imx8_ddr_perf imx8m_ddrc rtc_ds1307 lm75 rtc_snvs\n+imx_sdma caam imx8mm_thermal spi_imx error imx_cpufreq_dt fuse ip_tables x_tables ipv6\n| CPU: 0 PID: 8 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 6.9.0-00007-g937242013fce-dirty #18\n| Hardware name: somemachine (DT)\n| Workqueue: events sdio_irq_work\n| pstate: 00000005 (nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n| pc : mwifiex_get_cfp+0xd8/0x15c [mwifiex]\n| lr : mwifiex_get_cfp+0x34/0x15c [mwifiex]\n| sp : ffff8000818b3a70\n| x29: ffff8000818b3a70 x28: ffff000006bfd8a5 x27: 0000000000000004\n| x26: 000000000000002c x25: 0000000000001511 x24: 0000000002e86bc9\n| x23: ffff000006bfd996 x22: 0000000000000004 x21: ffff000007bec000\n| x20: 000000000000002c x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000\n| x17: 000000040044ffff x16: 00500072b5503510 x15: ccc283740681e517\n| x14: 0201000101006d15 x13: 0000000002e8ff43 x12: 002c01000000ffb1\n| x11: 0100000000000000 x10: 02e8ff43002c0100 x9 : 0000ffb100100157\n| x8 : ffff000003d20000 x7 : 00000000000002f1 x6 : 00000000ffffe124\n| x5 : 0000000000000001 x4 : 0000000000000003 x3 : 0000000000000000\n| x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0001000000011001 x0 : 0000000000000000\n| Call trace:\n|  mwifiex_get_cfp+0xd8/0x15c [mwifiex]\n|  mwifiex_parse_single_response_buf+0x1d0/0x504 [mwifiex]\n|  mwifiex_handle_event_ext_scan_report+0x19c/0x2f8 [mwifiex]\n|  mwifiex_process_sta_event+0x298/0xf0c [mwifiex]\n|  mwifiex_process_event+0x110/0x238 [mwifiex]\n|  mwifiex_main_process+0x428/0xa44 [mwifiex]\n|  mwifiex_sdio_interrupt+0x64/0x12c [mwifiex_sdio]\n|  process_sdio_pending_irqs+0x64/0x1b8\n|  sdio_irq_work+0x4c/0x7c\n|  process_one_work+0x148/0x2a0\n|  worker_thread+0x2fc/0x40c\n|  kthread+0x110/0x114\n|  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n| Code: a94153f3 a8c37bfd d50323bf d65f03c0 (f940a000)\n| ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a05d8d02cfa3540ea5dbd6b39446bd3f515521f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9813770f25855b866b8ead8155b8806b2db70f6d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a12cf97cbefa139ef8d95081f2ea047cbbd74b7a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c145eea2f75ff7949392aebecf7ef0a81c1f6c14","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c16916dd6c16fa7e13ca3923eb6b9f50d848ad03"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:38.012257375+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-46755","score":0.00398,"percentile":0.34011,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). 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