CVE-2024-35838 (GCVE-0-2024-35838)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-05-17 14:02
Modified
2025-05-04 09:06
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix potential sta-link leak When a station is allocated, links are added but not set to valid yet (e.g. during connection to an AP MLD), we might remove the station without ever marking links valid, and leak them. Fix that.
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Linux Linux Version: cb71f1d136a635decf43c3b502ee34fb05640fcd
Version: cb71f1d136a635decf43c3b502ee34fb05640fcd
Version: cb71f1d136a635decf43c3b502ee34fb05640fcd
Version: cb71f1d136a635decf43c3b502ee34fb05640fcd
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