CVE-2024-48873: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: check return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() for RNR The return value of ieee80211_probereq_get() might be NULL, so check it before using to avoid NULL pointer access. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1529805 ("Dereference null return value")

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.4, before 6.6.66 (fixed in 6.6.66); from 6.7, before 6.12.5 (fixed in 6.12.5)

Published 2025-01-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.