PT-2024-8996 · Linux+9 · Linux Kernel+9

Johannes Berg + 1 · Published 2024-05-30 · Updated 2025-09-29 · CVE-2024-36941

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CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

Description: The issue is related to a null pointer dereference in the nl80211 component of the Linux kernel. If parsing fails, it can lead to a null pointer being dereferenced, potentially causing a denial of service.

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

ALSA-2024:5101

ALSA-2024:5102

ALSA-2024:5363

ALSA-2025_16880

BDU:2024-10678

CESA-2024_5101

CESA-2024_5102

CVE-2024-36941

DLA-3840-1

DLA-3843-1

DSA-5703-1

INFSA-2024_5101

INFSA-2024_5102

INFSA-2024_5363

MGASA-2024-0263

MGASA-2024-0266

OESA-2024-1767

OESA-2024-2151

OESA-2024-2153

OESA-2024-2292

OESA-2024-2296

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_2947-1

RHSA-2024:5101

RHSA-2024:5102

RHSA-2024:5363

RHSA-2024:5364

RHSA-2024:5365

RHSA-2024:5692

RHSA-2024:6206

RHSA-2024_5101

RHSA-2024_5102

RHSA-2024_5363

RLSA-2024:5101

RLSA-2024:5102

RLSA-2024:5363

RXSA-2024:5101

SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2019-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2493-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2802-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2901-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1

USN-6949-1

USN-6949-2

USN-6950-1

USN-6950-2

USN-6950-3

USN-6950-4

USN-6951-1

USN-6951-2

USN-6951-3

USN-6951-4

USN-6952-1

USN-6952-2

USN-6953-1

USN-6955-1

USN-6956-1

USN-6957-1

USN-6979-1

USN-7019-1

USN-7183-1

USN-7184-1

USN-7185-1

USN-7185-2

Affected Products

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Centos

Linuxmint

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Red Os

Rocky Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 5345

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/36xxx/CVE-2024-36941.json · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-36891 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-41002 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5703-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-41087 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47675 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-12571.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-35858 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6949-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44988 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47346 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad12c74e953b68ad85c78adc6408ed8435c64af4 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6951-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-36489 · Vendor Advisory