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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 12, 2024· Updated Nov 3, 2025

wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: check n_ssids before accessing the ssids

CVE-2024-40929

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: check n_ssids before accessing the ssids

In some versions of cfg80211, the ssids poinet might be a valid one even though n_ssids is 0. Accessing the pointer in this case will cuase an out-of-bound access. Fix this by checking n_ssids first.

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