CVE-2024-40942

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's mac80211 mesh networking code. This issue can cause a memory leak of meshpreqqueue objects, which track mesh paths needing resolution. These objects are not properly cleaned up when mesh paths are deleted, such as when a mesh interface is removed. T...

CVE-2024-40942

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: mesh: Fix leak of meshpreqqueue objects The hwmp code use objects of type meshpreqqueue, added to a list in ieee80211ifmesh, to keep track of mpath we need to resolve. If the mpath gets deleted, ex mesh interface ...

CVE-2024-40942

CVE-2024-40942 corresponds to a Linux kernel vulnerability involving the wifi/mac80211 mesh code. The issue was a leak of mesh_preq_queue objects that are stored in a per-mesh interface list to track path resolution. When an mpath is deleted or a mesh interface is removed, entries in this preq_qu...