CVE-2024-57991

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Feb 27, 2025 linux EPSS 0.21% (12th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

CVE-2024-57991 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on February 27, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

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

wifi: rtw89: chan: fix soft lockup in rtw89_entity_recalc_mgnt_roles()

During rtw89_entity_recalc_mgnt_roles(), there is a normalizing process

which will re-order the list if an entry with target pattern is found.

And once one is found, should have aborted the list_for_each_entry. But,

`break` just aborted the inner for-loop. The outer list_for_each_entry

still continues. Normally, only the first entry will match the target

pattern, and the re-ordering will change nothing, so there won't be

soft lockup. However, in some special cases, soft lockup would happen.

Fix it by `goto fill` to break from the list_for_each_entry.

The following is a sample of kernel log for this problem.

watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 26s! [wpa_supplicant:2055]

[...]

RIP: 0010:rtw89_entity_recalc ([...] chan.c:392 chan.c:479) rtw89_core

[...]

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.13, < 6.13.2	Affected

References

Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/01d2d34e9fcc9897081c3c16a666f793c8a38c58 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/223ba95fdcd3c6090e2bd51dce66abb6dd4f9df9 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4790b3e314a4814f1680a5dc552031fb199b878

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-57991?

CVE-2024-57991 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on February 27, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-57991?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-57991?

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