CVE-2024-40929

Name	CVE-2024-40929
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: check n_ssids before accessing the ssids In some versions of cfg80211, the ssids poinet might be a valid one even though n_ssids is 0. Accessing the pointer in this case will cuase an out-of-bound access. Fix this by checking n_ssids first.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-5730-1, DSA-5731-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.218-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.94-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.99-1	fixed
	sid, trixie	6.10.6-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	bullseye	5.10.221-1	DSA-5730-1
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.99-1	DSA-5731-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.9.7-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/60d62757df30b74bf397a2847a6db7385c6ee281 (6.10-rc3)