{"id":"CVE-2024-53059","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: iwlwifi: mvm: Fix response handling in iwl_mvm_send_recovery_cmd()\n\n1","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: iwlwifi: mvm: Fix response handling in iwl_mvm_send_recovery_cmd()\n\n1. The size of the response packet is not validated.\n2. The response buffer is not freed.\n\nRes…","severity":"high","cvss":7.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H","vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 5.1, < 5.4.285","linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.229","linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.171","linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.116","linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.60","linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.11.7","linux_kernel = 6.12"],"patched":["linux_kernel 6.11.7"],"published":"2024-11-19","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T01:19:13.760","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53059","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07a6e3b78a65f4b2796a8d0d4adb1a15a81edead","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3eb986c64c6bfb721950f9666a3b723cf65d043f","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f45d590ccbae6dfd6faef54efe74c30bd85d3da","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45a628911d3c68e024eed337054a0452b064f450","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64d63557ded6ff3ce72b18ab87a6c4b1b652161c","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9480c3045f302f43f9910d2d556d6cf5a62c1822","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c98ee7ea463a838235e7a0e35851b38476364f2","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00399,"epssPercentile":0.33992,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T03:30:12.769Z","ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2025-10-01T20:12:52.887348Z"},"slug":"CVE-2024-53059","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: iwlwifi: mvm: Fix response handling in iwl_mvm_send_recovery_cmd()\n\n1. The size of the response packet is not validated.\n2. The response buffer is not freed.\n\nResolve these issues by switching to iwl_mvm_send_cmd_status(),\nwhich handles both size validation and frees the buffer.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.1, < 5.4.285`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.229`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.171`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.116`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.60`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.11.7`\n- `linux_kernel = 6.12`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 6.11.7`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":39,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":39.1,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}