8.3

CVE-2024-42225: wifi: mt76: replace skb_put with skb_put_zero

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42225DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42225
Published 30-07-2024Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-42225 is a high (CVSS 8.3) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.3, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.3/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.53%
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 29 · Related 24
DLA-4008-1MGASA-2024-0277MGASA-2024-0278RHSA-2024:6997RHSA-2024:7000SUSE-SU-2024:3190-1

Timeline

  1. 30-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: replace skb_put with skb_put_zero Avoid potentially reusing uninitialized data

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.53%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

45%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.53% 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

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: adjacent network, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu117 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-121.131 | < 6.8.0-48.48
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1069.75 | < 6.8.0-1018.20
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 7bc04215a66b60e198aecaee8418f6d79fa19faa, < dc7f14d00d0c4c21898f3504607f4a31079065a2 | ≥ 7bc04215a66b60e198aecaee8418f6d79fa19faa, < 22ea2a7f0b64d323625950414a4496520fb33657 | ≥ 7bc04215a66b60e198aecaee8418f6d79fa19faa, < ff6b26be13032c5fbd6b6a0b24358f8eaac4f3af | ≥ 7bc04215a66b60e198aecaee8418f6d79fa19faa, < 64f86337ccfe77fe3be5a9356b0dabde23fbb074 | ≥ 7bc04215a66b60e198aecaee8418f6d79fa19faa, < 7f819a2f4fbc510e088b49c79addcf1734503578 | 4.16
  • linux_kernel< 5.15.163 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.98 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.39 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.9
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.98-1 | < 6.9.9-1

3 vendors · 120 products

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