PT-2024-28081 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Muhammad Usama Anjum · Published 2024-03-01 · Updated 2025-02-03 · CVE-2024-38609

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been resolved. The issue is related to the wifi: mt76: connac component, where the wcid can be NULL. To avoid crashes, it is necessary to check the validity of wcid before dereferencing it.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-03037

CVE-2024-38609

SUSE-SU-2024:3194-1

SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1

SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20044-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20047-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

References · 910

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/38xxx/CVE-2024-38609.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38609 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb47c7be0e93dd5acda078163799401ac3a78e10 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-03037 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:20044-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38609 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:20047-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-38609 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e469218765b2781fb968778bd13595acec181a0e · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38609 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:3194-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2024-38609 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38609 · Security Note