{"cve":"CVE-2024-49929","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-21T18:15:14.907","modified":"2026-06-17T08:00:45.277","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: iwlwifi: mvm: avoid NULL pointer dereference\n\niwl_mvm_tx_skb_sta() and iwl_mvm_tx_mpdu() verify that the mvmvsta\npointer is not NULL.\nIt retrieves this pointer using iwl_mvm_sta_from_mac80211, which is\ndereferencing the ieee80211_sta pointer.\nIf sta is NULL, iwl_mvm_sta_from_mac80211 will dereference a NULL\npointer.\nFix this by checking the sta pointer before retrieving the mvmsta\nfrom it. If sta is not NULL, then mvmsta isn't either.","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/557a6cd847645e667f3b362560bd7e7c09aac284","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dcadb2ed3b76623ab96e3e7fbeda1a374d01c28","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0b4f5d94934c290479180868a32c15ba36a6d9e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbc6fc9cfcde151ff5eadaefdc6155f99579384f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdbf51bfa4b0411820806777da36d93d49bc49a1"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:56:33.105311382+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-49929","score":0.00238,"percentile":0.14882,"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). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}