{"id":"CVE-2024-50235","summary":"wifi: cfg80211: clear wdev-\u003ecqm_config pointer on free","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: cfg80211: clear wdev-\u003ecqm_config pointer on free\n\nWhen we free wdev-\u003ecqm_config when unregistering, we also\nneed to clear out the pointer since the same wdev/netdev\nmay get re-registered in another network namespace, then\ndestroyed later, running this code again, which results in\na double-free.","modified":"2026-05-07T04:15:31.178451Z","published":"2024-11-09T10:14:45.222Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1","SUSE-SU-2024:4316-1","SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1","SUSE-SU-2024:4387-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20163-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20246-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1","USN-7276-1","USN-7277-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1","openSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/50xxx/CVE-2024-50235.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64e4c45d23cd7f6167f69cc2d2877bc7f54292e5"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c44abb2d4c3262737d5d67832daebc8cf48b8c9"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba392e1355ba74b1d4fa11b85f71ab6ed7ecc058"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5fee261dfd9e17b08b1df8471ac5d5736070917"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/50xxx/CVE-2024-50235.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50235"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"c797498e860e9a435a651bbf0789433684ce6dd8"},{"fixed":"ba392e1355ba74b1d4fa11b85f71ab6ed7ecc058"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"37c20b2effe987b806c8de6d12978e4ffeff026f"},{"fixed":"6c44abb2d4c3262737d5d67832daebc8cf48b8c9"},{"fixed":"64e4c45d23cd7f6167f69cc2d2877bc7f54292e5"},{"fixed":"d5fee261dfd9e17b08b1df8471ac5d5736070917"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"32fb9b7d98c3e586bddfb978d383aa8d2b1211bc"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-50235.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1.116"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.60"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.6.0"},{"fixed":"6.11.7"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-50235.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}