7.8

CVE-2024-26637: wifi: ath11k: rely on mac80211 debugfs handling for vif

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26637
Published 18-03-2024Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-26637 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 5
SUSE-SU-2024:3194-1SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1SUSE-SU-2025:20044-1SUSE-SU-2025:20047-1

Timeline

  1. 18-03-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: rely on mac80211 debugfs handling for vif mac80211 started to delete debugfs entries in certain cases, causing a ath11k to crash when it tried to delete the entries later. Fix this by relying on mac80211 to delete the entries when appropriate and adding them from the vif_add_debugfs handler.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu65 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 0a3d898ee9a8303d5b3982b97ef0703919c3ea76, < aa74ce30a8a40d19a4256de4ae5322e71344a274 | ≥ 0a3d898ee9a8303d5b3982b97ef0703919c3ea76, < 556857aa1d0855aba02b1c63bc52b91ec63fc2cc | 6.7
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.7.3 | 6.8:rc1

2 vendors · 67 products

References

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