Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-57990

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU104986

Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-57990

Published: February 27, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU104986
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-57990
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the mt7925_load_clc() function in drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7925/mcu.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Public Cloud Module
Confidential Computing Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Legacy Module
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_10-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_34-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_34-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_47-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_10-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_47-default-debuginfo
kernel (Red Hat package)
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource
reiserfs-kmp-coco
kernel-coco-debugsource
kernel-coco_debug-devel
kernel-coco-devel
kernel-syms-coco
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo
kernel-coco
kernel-coco_debug
kernel-coco-debuginfo
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo
kernel-devel-coco
kernel-source-coco
kernel-syms-azure
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-source-azure
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-azure-vdso
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-azure
dlm-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-debugsource
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
gfs2-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure
ocfs2-kmp-azure
reiserfs-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-extra
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt-vdso
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
dtb-apple
dtb-exynos
dtb-rockchip
dtb-sprd
kernel-obs-qa
dtb-arm
dtb-amlogic
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
dtb-cavium
dtb-freescale
dtb-aarch64
dtb-mediatek
dtb-apm
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-xilinx
dtb-amd
dtb-allwinner
dtb-amazon
dtb-marvell
dtb-renesas
dtb-nvidia
dtb-lg
dtb-qcom
dtb-socionext
dtb-altera
kernel-obs-build
kernel-docs
dtb-broadcom
kernel-syms
kernel-docs-html
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-debug
kernel-source
kernel-64kb-optional
kernel-devel
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-macros
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb
kernel-debug-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-debug-vdso
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default
kernel-default-livepatch
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-devel
cluster-md-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
kernel-default-optional
kernel-64kb-extra
kernel-64kb-devel
kselftests-kmp-64kb
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-base-rebuild
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure

How to mitigate CVE-2024-57990

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 6.12.13
APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure - update to 01.05.01.00
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_10-debugsource - update to 1-150600.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_34-rt - update to 1-150600.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_34-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150600.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_47-default - update to 1-150600.13.5.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_10-debugsource - update to 1-150600.13.5.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_47-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150600.13.5.1
kernel (Red Hat package) - update to 5.14.0-570.146.1.el9_6
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-syms-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-devel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-source-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-syms-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.1
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
kernel-source-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
kernel-devel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
kernel-azure-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
dlm-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
kernel-azure-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
gfs2-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
cluster-md-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
ocfs2-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
reiserfs-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
kselftests-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
kernel-azure-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-rt-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1
dtb-apple - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-exynos - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-rockchip - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-sprd - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-arm - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-amlogic - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-cavium - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-freescale - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-aarch64 - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-mediatek - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-apm - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-hisilicon - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-xilinx - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-amd - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-allwinner - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-amazon - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-marvell - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-renesas - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-nvidia - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-lg - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-qcom - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-socionext - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-altera - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
dtb-broadcom - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
kernel-docs-html - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-default-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-default-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2.150600.12.20.2
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2.150600.12.20.2
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-64.67, 6.8.0-1031.31, 6.8.0-1032.34~22.04.1, 6.11.0-26.26, 6.11.0-26.26~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1010.10, 6.11.0-1013.13, 6.11.0-1015.15, 6.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1022.22
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-64.67.1, 6.8.0-64.67.1~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1029.29, 6.8.0-1029.29~22.04.1
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-64.67~22.04.1
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1015.17, 6.8.0-1028.32, 6.8.0-1029.30, 6.8.0-1029.30~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1031.34, 6.8.0-1031.34.1, 6.8.0-1031.34~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1032.34~22.04.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1022.23, 6.8.0-1034.39, 6.8.0-1034.39~22.04.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1031.35
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1033.35, 6.8.0-1033.35~22.04.1
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-2026.27
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.1-1025.26
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.11.0-1014.15, 6.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1016.17
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.11.0-1014.15

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