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Linux Linux — wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: set the cipher for secured NDP ranging
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0018 7.8 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 626be4bf99f6250cd66da5d311a72ad7455c5a64 – —
Linux 6.11 – 6.11.2
TIMELINE
Oct 21 Reserved by Linux
Oct 21 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2024-49857 (Linux). CVSS 7.1 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: set the cipher for secured NDP ranging
The cipher pointer is not set, but is derefereced trying to set its
content, which leads to a NULL pointer dereference.
Fix it by pointing to the cipher parameter before dereferencing.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| October 21, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| October 21, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2024-49857 (Linux). CVSS 7.1 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 626be4bf99f6250cd66da5d311a72ad7455c5a64 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.11 | 6.11.2 |
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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2024-49857 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.