5.5

CVE-2024-46827: wifi: ath12k: fix firmware crash due to invalid peer nss

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46827DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46827
Published 27-09-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-46827 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.23%
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 14 · Related 13
LSN-0117-1SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1SUSE-SU-2024:3986-1SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1SUSE-SU-2024:4387-1SUSE-SU-2025:20163-1

Timeline

  1. 27-09-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix firmware crash due to invalid peer nss Currently, if the access point receives an association request containing an Extended HE Capabilities Information Element with an invalid MCS-NSS, it triggers a firmware crash. This issue arises when EHT-PHY capabilities shows support for a bandwidth and MCS-NSS set for that particular bandwidth is filled by zeros and due to this, driver obtains peer_nss as 0 and sending this value to firmware causes crash. Address this issue by implementing a validation step for the peer_nss value before passing it to the firmware. If the value is greater than zero, proceed with forwarding it to the firmware. However, if the value is invalid, reject the association request to prevent potential firmware crashes. Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.0.1-00029-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.23% 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.

Ubuntu98 products
  • linux< 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 6.8.0-1020.22
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2, < 838c2cfdb6be7d7d8c06c711edf893eb34ca2e7c | ≥ d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2, < 25a15f80253a7c8776e4e4880d797d20ec864154 | ≥ d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2, < db163a463bb93cd3e37e1e7b10b9726fb6f95857 | 6.3
  • linux_kernel< 6.6.51 | ≥ 6.10, < 6.10.10
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.10.11-1

3 vendors · 101 products

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