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CVE-2024-56593

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2024
Source publication
Source updated
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Source snapshot
cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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CNA source text (English)

wifi: brcmfmac: Fix oops due to NULL pointer dereference in brcmf_sdiod_sglist_rw()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: Fix oops due to NULL pointer dereference in brcmf_sdiod_sglist_rw() This patch fixes a NULL pointer dereference bug in brcmfmac that occurs when a high 'sd_sgentry_align' value applies (e.g. 512) and a lot of queued SKBs are sent from the pkt queue. The problem is the number of entries in the pre-allocated sgtable, it is nents = max(rxglom_size, txglom_size) + max(rxglom_size, txglom_size) >> 4 + 1. Given the default [rt]xglom_size=32 it's actually 35 which is too small. Worst case, the pkt queue can end up with 64 SKBs. This occurs when a new SKB is added for each original SKB if tailroom isn't enough to hold tail_pad. At least one sg entry is needed for each SKB. So, eventually the "skb_queue_walk loop" in brcmf_sdiod_sglist_rw may run out of sg entries. This makes sg_next return NULL and this causes the oops. The patch sets nents to max(rxglom_size, txglom_size) * 2 to be able handle the worst-case. Btw. this requires only 64-35=29 * 16 (or 20 if CONFIG_NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH) = 464 additional bytes of memory.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
af1fa210f4fc6e304b859b386a3c8a266b1110abaffectedgit342f87d263462c2670b77ea9a32074cab2ac6fa1UnavailableNone listed
af1fa210f4fc6e304b859b386a3c8a266b1110abaffectedgit7522d7d745d13fbeff3350fe6aa56c8dae263571UnavailableNone listed
af1fa210f4fc6e304b859b386a3c8a266b1110abaffectedgitdfb3f9d3f602602de208da7bdcc0f6d5ee74af68UnavailableNone listed
af1fa210f4fc6e304b859b386a3c8a266b1110abaffectedgit67a25ea28f8ec1da8894f2f115d01d3becf67dc7UnavailableNone listed
af1fa210f4fc6e304b859b386a3c8a266b1110abaffectedgit07c020c6d14d29e5a3ea4e4576b8ecf956a80834UnavailableNone listed
af1fa210f4fc6e304b859b386a3c8a266b1110abaffectedgit34941321b516bd7c6103bd01287d71a1804d19d3UnavailableNone listed
af1fa210f4fc6e304b859b386a3c8a266b1110abaffectedgit857282b819cbaa0675aaab1e7542e2c0579f52d7UnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
3.15affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver3.15UnavailableNone listed
5.4.287unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.4.*None listed
5.10.231unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.10.*None listed
5.15.174unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.15.*None listed
6.1.120unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.1.*None listed
6.6.66unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.6.*None listed
6.12.5unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.12.*None listed
6.13unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed