CVE-2024-57992

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Feb 27, 2025 linux EPSS 0.17% (7th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

CVE-2024-57992 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on February 27, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

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

wifi: wilc1000: unregister wiphy only if it has been registered

There is a specific error path in probe functions in wilc drivers (both

sdio and spi) which can lead to kernel panic, as this one for example

when using SPI:

Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 9f000000 when read

[9f000000] *pgd=00000000

Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] ARM

Modules linked in: wilc1000_spi(+) crc_itu_t crc7 wilc1000 cfg80211 bluetooth ecdh_generic ecc

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 106 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.13.0-rc3+ #22

Hardware name: Atmel SAMA5

PC is at wiphy_unregister+0x244/0xc40 [cfg80211]

LR is at wiphy_unregister+0x1c0/0xc40 [cfg80211]

[...]

wiphy_unregister [cfg80211] from wilc_netdev_cleanup+0x380/0x494 [wilc1000]

wilc_netdev_cleanup [wilc1000] from wilc_bus_probe+0x360/0x834 [wilc1000_spi]

wilc_bus_probe [wilc1000_spi] from spi_probe+0x15c/0x1d4

spi_probe from really_probe+0x270/0xb2c

really_probe from __driv

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.13, < 6.13.2	Affected

References

Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/1be94490b6b8a06ff14cd23fda8714e6ec37cdfb Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7115b8229f3e6cdfae43b1cdd180f5b6c67cd70

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-57992?

CVE-2024-57992 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on February 27, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-57992?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-57992?

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