CVE-2024-27048

low-risk
Published 2024-05-01

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcm80211: handle pmk_op allocation failure The kzalloc() in brcmf_pmksa_v3_op() will return null if the physical memory has run out. As a result, if we dereference the null value, the null pointer dereference bug will happen. Return -ENOMEM from brcmf_pmksa_v3_op() if kzalloc() fails for pmk_op.

Do I need to act?

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0.01% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (8)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6138a82f3bccfc67ed7ac059493579fc326c02e5
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9975908315c13bae2f2ed5ba92870fa935180b0e
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4152222e04cb8afeeca239c90e3fcaf4c553b42
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df62e22c2e27420e8990a4f09e30d7bf56c2036f
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6138a82f3bccfc67ed7ac059493579fc326c02e5
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9975908315c13bae2f2ed5ba92870fa935180b0e
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4152222e04cb8afeeca239c90e3fcaf4c553b42
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df62e22c2e27420e8990a4f09e30d7bf56c2036f
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal