wifi: mac80211: fix potential key use-after-free (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.34 % · percentile 28 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix potential key use-after-free When ieee80211_key_link() is called by ieee80211_gtk_rekey_add() but returns 0 due to KRACK protection (identical key reinstall), ieee80211_gtk_rekey_add() will still return a pointer into the key, in a potential use-after-free. This normally doesn't happen since it's only called by iwlwifi in case of WoWLAN rekey offload which has its own KRACK protection, but still better to fix, do that by returning an error code and converting that to success on the cfg80211 boundary only, leaving the error for bad callers of ieee80211_gtk_rekey_add().
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-416 — Use After Free
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2408f491ff998d674707725eadc47d8930aced09
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8e599a635066c50ac214c3e10858f1d37e03022
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8a834eb09bb95c2bf9c76f1a28ecef7d8c439d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f4e16e39e4f5e78248dd9e51276a83203950b36
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65c72a7201704574dace708cbc96a8f367b1491d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31db78a4923ef5e2008f2eed321811ca79e7f71b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-57155
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-52530
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1165 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0184 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0021 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0958 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0668 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Red Hat · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0497 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Red Hat · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0456 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0439 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0422 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0363 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0329 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0265 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0242 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.14 < 5.4.285cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.5 < 5.10.288cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.11 < 5.15.169cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.16 < 6.1.57cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.2 < 6.5.7cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected fdf7cb4185b60c68e1a75e61691c4afdc15dea0e < 2408f491ff998d674707725eadc47d8930aced09 ; affected fdf7cb4185b60c68e1a75e61691c4afdc15dea0e < e8e599a635066c50ac214c3e10858f1d37e03022 ; affected fdf7cb4185b60c68e1a75e61691c4afdc15dea0e < e8a834eb09bb95c2bf9c76f1a28ecef7d8c439d0 ; affected fdf7cb4185b60c68e1a75e61691c4afdc15dea0e < 2f4e16e39e4f5e78248dd9e51276a83203950b36 ; affected fdf7cb4185b60c68e1a75e61691c4afdc15dea0e < 65c72a7201704574dace708cbc96a8f367b1491d ; affected fdf7cb4185b60c68e1a75e61691c4afdc15dea0e < 31db78a4923ef5e2008f2eed321811ca79e7f71b |
| Linux · Linux | affected 4.14 ; unaffected 0 < 4.14 ; unaffected 5.4.285 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.228 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.169 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.57 ≤ 6.1.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |