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wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't leak a link on AP removal

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't leak a link on AP removal Release the link mapping resource in AP removal. This impacted devices that do not support the MLD API (9260 and down). On those devices, we couldn't start the AP again after the AP has been already started and stopped.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.11.7
CVEs
CVE-2024-53074
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 08:42 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't leak a link on AP removal

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Nov 2024, 17:31 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't leak a link on AP removal Release the link mapping resource in AP removal. This impacted devices that do not support the MLD API (9260 and down). On those devices, we couldn't start the AP again after the AP has been already started and stopped.

osv:CVE-2024-53074

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.11.7

Complete source record
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