{"cve":"CVE-2024-49937","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-21T18:15:15.477","modified":"2026-06-17T08:00:46.357","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: cfg80211: Set correct chandef when starting CAC\n\nWhen starting CAC in a mode other than AP mode, it return a\n\"WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 63 at cfg80211_chandef_dfs_usable+0x20/0xaf [cfg80211]\"\ncaused by the chandef.chan being null at the end of CAC.\n\nSolution: Ensure the channel definition is set for the different modes\nwhen starting CAC to avoid getting a NULL 'chan' at the end of CAC.\n\n Call Trace:\n  ? show_regs.part.0+0x14/0x16\n  ? __warn+0x67/0xc0\n  ? cfg80211_chandef_dfs_usable+0x20/0xaf [cfg80211]\n  ? report_bug+0xa7/0x130\n  ? exc_overflow+0x30/0x30\n  ? handle_bug+0x27/0x50\n  ? exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x60\n  ? handle_exception+0xf6/0xf6\n  ? exc_overflow+0x30/0x30\n  ? cfg80211_chandef_dfs_usable+0x20/0xaf [cfg80211]\n  ? exc_overflow+0x30/0x30\n  ? cfg80211_chandef_dfs_usable+0x20/0xaf [cfg80211]\n  ? regulatory_propagate_dfs_state.cold+0x1b/0x4c [cfg80211]\n  ? cfg80211_propagate_cac_done_wk+0x1a/0x30 [cfg80211]\n  ? process_one_work+0x165/0x280\n  ? worker_thread+0x120/0x3f0\n  ? kthread+0xc2/0xf0\n  ? process_one_work+0x280/0x280\n  ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20\n  ? ret_from_fork+0x19/0x24\n\n[shorten subject, remove OCB, reorder cases to match previous list]","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":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04053e55dd50741cf6c59b9bbaa4238218c05c70","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20361712880396e44ce80aaeec2d93d182035651","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95f32191e50b75e0f75fae1bb925cdf51d8df0a3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c628026563f4ea9e0413dd4b69429e4a1db240b1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4dbfda159e43d49b43003cc3c2914751939035f"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:56:33.105311382+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-49937","score":0.00238,"percentile":0.14854,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}