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

wifi: wfx: fix memory leak when starting AP

Kmemleak reported this error:

unreferenced object 0xd73d1180 (size 184):
comm "wpa_supplicant", pid 1559, jiffies 13006305 (age 964.245s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1e 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[<5ca11420>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x20c/0x5ac
[<127bdd74>] __alloc_skb+0x144/0x170
[<fb8a5e38>] __netdev_alloc_skb+0x50/0x180
[<0f9fa1d5>] __ieee80211_beacon_get+0x290/0x4d4 [mac80211]
[<7accd02d>] ieee80211_beacon_get_tim+0x54/0x18c [mac80211]
[<41e25cc3>] wfx_start_ap+0xc8/0x234 [wfx]
[<93a70356>] ieee80211_start_ap+0x404/0x6b4 [mac80211]
[<a4a661cd>] nl80211_start_ap+0x76c/0x9e0 [cfg80211]
[<47bd8b68>] genl_rcv_msg+0x198/0x378
[<453ef796>] netlink_rcv_skb+0xd0/0x130
[<6b7c977a>] genl_rcv+0x34/0x44
[<66b2d04d>] netlink_unicast+0x1b4/0x258
[<f965b9b6>] netlink_sendmsg+0x1e8/0x428
[<aadb8231>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x1e0/0x274
[<d2b5212d>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x80/0xb4
[<69954f45>] __sys_sendmsg+0x64/0xa8
unreferenced object 0xce087000 (size 1024):
comm "wpa_supplicant", pid 1559, jiffies 13006305 (age 964.246s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
10 00 07 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...@............
backtrace:
[<9a993714>] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x230/0x600
[<f83ea192>] kmalloc_reserve.constprop.0+0x30/0x74
[<a2c61343>] __alloc_skb+0xa0/0x170
[<fb8a5e38>] __netdev_alloc_skb+0x50/0x180
[<0f9fa1d5>] __ieee80211_beacon_get+0x290/0x4d4 [mac80211]
[<7accd02d>] ieee80211_beacon_get_tim+0x54/0x18c [mac80211]
[<41e25cc3>] wfx_start_ap+0xc8/0x234 [wfx]
[<93a70356>] ieee80211_start_ap+0x404/0x6b4 [mac80211]
[<a4a661cd>] nl80211_start_ap+0x76c/0x9e0 [cfg80211]
[<47bd8b68>] genl_rcv_msg+0x198/0x378
[<453ef796>] netlink_rcv_skb+0xd0/0x130
[<6b7c977a>] genl_rcv+0x34/0x44
[<66b2d04d>] netlink_unicast+0x1b4/0x258
[<f965b9b6>] netlink_sendmsg+0x1e8/0x428
[<aadb8231>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x1e0/0x274
[<d2b5212d>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x80/0xb4

However, since the kernel is build optimized, it seems the stack is not
accurate. It appears the issue is related to wfx_set_mfp_ap(). The issue
is obvious in this function: memory allocated by ieee80211_beacon_get()
is never released. Fixing this leak makes kmemleak happy.
Published: 2024-04-17
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6816-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6817-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6817-2 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6817-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6878-1 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7829-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7829-2 Linux kernel (FIPS and Real-time) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7829-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7829-4 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7829-5 Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7829-6 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7933-1 Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities
History

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T20:06:31.074Z

Reserved: 2024-02-19T14:20:24.186Z

Link: CVE-2024-26896

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:21:05.675Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-17T11:15:10.727

Modified: 2025-03-21T14:45:40.590

Link: CVE-2024-26896

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-04-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-26896 - Bugzilla

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