{"cve":"CVE-2024-53188","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-27T14:15:26.297","modified":"2026-08-04T11:22:03.507","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath12k: fix crash when unbinding\n\nIf there is an error during some initialization related to firmware,\nthe function ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup is called to release resources.\nHowever this is released again when the device is unbinded (ath12k_pci),\nand we get:\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020\nat RIP: 0010:ath12k_dp_cc_cleanup.part.0+0xb6/0x500 [ath12k]\nCall Trace:\nath12k_dp_cc_cleanup\nath12k_dp_free\nath12k_core_deinit\nath12k_pci_remove\n...\n\nThe issue is always reproducible from a VM because the MSI addressing\ninitialization is failing.\n\nIn order to fix the issue, just set to NULL the released structure in\nath12k_dp_cc_cleanup at the end.","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/1304446f67863385dc4c914b6e0194f6664ee764","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2eec88c0fa63f8ad35704a8c9df0b5bd8694fcda","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/488d2959c28621e52b3cce118a813a4bc18bb3d1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81da9c0854545c3188ca2a09afe7cb65f9c012b5"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:56.913276502+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-53188","score":0.00246,"percentile":0.15963,"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."]}