CVE-2024-56609 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2024-56609
Vulnerability Scoring

Analysis In Progress
Analysis In Progress

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity:
    Attack Complexity Analysis In Progress
  • Attack Vector:
    Attack Vector Under Analysis
  • Privileges Required: None
    No authentication is required for exploitation.
  • Scope:
    Impact is confined to the initially vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2024-56609 Details

Status: Awaiting Analysis

Last updated: 🕓 09 Jan 2025, 16:16 UTC
Originally published on: 🕒 27 Dec 2024, 15:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 13 days

CVSS Release:

CVE-2024-56609 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-56609: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: use ieee80211_purge_tx_queue() to purge TX skb When removing kernel modules by: rmmod rtw88_8723cs rtw88_8703b rtw88_8723x rtw88_sdio rtw88_core Driver uses skb_queue_purge() to purge TX skb, but not report tx status causing "Have pending ack frames!" warning. Use ieee80211_purge_tx_queue() to correct this. Since ieee80211_purge_tx_queue() doesn't take locks, to prevent racing between TX work and purge TX queue, flush and destroy TX work in advance. wlan0: deauthenticating from aa:f5:fd:60:4c:a8 by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING) ------------[ cut here ]------------ Have pending ack frames! WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 9232 at net/mac80211/main.c:1691 ieee80211_free_ack_frame+0x5c/0x90 [mac80211] CPU: 3 PID: 9232 Comm: rmmod Tainted: G C 6.10.1-200.fc40.aarch64 #1 Hardware name: pine64 Pine64 PinePhone Braveheart (1.1)/Pine64 PinePhone Braveheart (1.1), BIOS 2024.01 01/01/2024 pstate: 60400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : ieee80211_free_ack_frame+0x5c/0x90 [mac80211] lr : ieee80211_free_ack_frame+0x5c/0x90 [mac80211] sp : ffff80008c1b37b0 x29: ffff80008c1b37b0 x28: ffff000003be8000 x27: 0000000000000000 x26: 0000000000000000 x25: ffff000003dc14b8 x24: ffff80008c1b37d0 x23: ffff000000ff9f80 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: 000000007fffffff x20: ffff80007c7e93d8 x19: ffff00006e66f400 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: ffff7ffffd2b3000 x16: ffff800083fc0000 x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 2173656d61726620 x12: 6b636120676e6964 x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 000000000000005d x9 : ffff8000802af2b0 x8 : ffff80008c1b3430 x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : 0000000000000001 x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff000003be8000 Call trace: ieee80211_free_ack_frame+0x5c/0x90 [mac80211] idr_for_each+0x74/0x110 ieee80211_free_hw+0x44/0xe8 [mac80211] rtw_sdio_remove+0x9c/0xc0 [rtw88_sdio] sdio_bus_remove+0x44/0x180 device_remove+0x54/0x90 device_release_driver_internal+0x1d4/0x238 driver_detach+0x54/0xc0 bus_remove_driver+0x78/0x108 driver_unregister+0x38/0x78 sdio_unregister_driver+0x2c/0x40 rtw_8723cs_driver_exit+0x18/0x1000 [rtw88_8723cs] __do_sys_delete_module.isra.0+0x190/0x338 __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x1c/0x30 invoke_syscall+0x74/0x100 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x48/0xf0 do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38 el0_svc+0x3c/0x158 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x138 el0t_64_sync+0x194/0x198 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2024-56609

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2024-56609 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2024-56609

No exploitability data is available for CVE-2024-56609.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2024-56609, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2024-56609, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2024-56609 does not compromise confidentiality.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2024-56609 does not impact data integrity.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2024-56609 does not affect system availability.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 0.045% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 18.4% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 81.6% of others.

CVE-2024-56609 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

Unknown

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