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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2024-56599" idYear: 2024 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-12-27T14:51:05.866Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T20:55:34.718Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:20.494Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-56599" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-56599.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56599" title: "wifi: ath10k: avoid NULL pointer error during sdio remove" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath10k: avoid NULL pointer error during sdio remove\n\nWhen running 'rmmod ath10k', ath10k_sdio_remove() will free sdio\nworkqueue by destroy_workqueue(). But if CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON\nis set to yes, kernel panic will happen:\nCall trace:\n destroy_workqueue+0x1c/0x258\n ath10k_sdio_remove+0x84/0x94\n sdio_bus_remove+0x50/0x16c\n device_release_driver_internal+0x188/0x25c\n device_driver_detach+0x20/0x2c\n\nThis is because during 'rmmod ath10k', ath10k_sdio_remove() will call\nath10k_core_destroy() before destroy_workqueue(). wiphy_dev_release()\nwill finally be called in ath10k_core_destroy(). This function will free\nstruct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev and all its members, including\nwiphy, dev and the pointer of sdio workqueue. Then the pointer of sdio\nworkqueue will be set to NULL due to CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.\n\nAfter device release, destroy_workqueue() will use NULL pointer then the\nkernel panic happen.\n\nCall trace:\nath10k_sdio_remove\n -\u003eath10k_core_unregister\n ……\n -\u003eath10k_core_stop\n -\u003eath10k_hif_stop\n -\u003eath10k_sdio_irq_disable\n -\u003eath10k_hif_power_down\n -\u003edel_timer_sync(&ar_sdio-\u003esleep_timer)\n -\u003eath10k_core_destroy\n -\u003eath10k_mac_destroy\n -\u003eieee80211_free_hw\n -\u003ewiphy_free\n ……\n -\u003ewiphy_dev_release\n -\u003edestroy_workqueue\n\nNeed to call destroy_workqueue() before ath10k_core_destroy(), free\nthe work queue buffer first and then free pointer of work queue by\nath10k_core_destroy(). This order matches the error path order in\nath10k_sdio_probe().\n\nNo work will be queued on sdio workqueue between it is destroyed and\nath10k_core_destroy() is called. Based on the call_stack above, the\nreason is:\nOnly ath10k_sdio_sleep_timer_handler(), ath10k_sdio_hif_tx_sg() and\nath10k_sdio_irq_disable() will queue work on sdio workqueue.\nSleep timer will be deleted before ath10k_core_destroy() in\nath10k_hif_power_down().\nath10k_sdio_irq_disable() only be called in ath10k_hif_stop().\nath10k_core_unregister() will call ath10k_hif_power_down() to stop hif\nbus, so ath10k_sdio_hif_tx_sg() won't be called anymore.\n\nTested-on: QCA6174 hw3.2 SDIO WLAN.RMH.4.4.1-00189" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"5e3dd157d7e70f0e3cea3f2573ed69fb156a19d5","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"27d5d217ae7ffb99dd623375a17a7d3418d9c755"},{"version":"5e3dd157d7e70f0e3cea3f2573ed69fb156a19d5","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"27fda36eedad9e4ec795dc481f307901d1885112"},{"version":"5e3dd157d7e70f0e3cea3f2573ed69fb156a19d5","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6e5dbd1c04abf2c19b2282915e6fa48b6ccc6921"},{"version":"5e3dd157d7e70f0e3cea3f2573ed69fb156a19d5","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b35de9e01fc79c7baac666fb2dcb4ba7698a1d97"},{"version":"5e3dd157d7e70f0e3cea3f2573ed69fb156a19d5","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"543c0924d446b21f35701ca084d7feca09511220"},{"version":"5e3dd157d7e70f0e3cea3f2573ed69fb156a19d5","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"95c38953cb1ecf40399a676a1f85dfe2b5780a9a"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.11","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.11"},{"version":"5.10.237","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.181","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.127","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.70","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.5","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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