# CVE-2024-36941: wifi: nl80211: don't free NULL coalescing rule

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-30 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: nl80211: don't free NULL coalescing rule If the parsing fails, we can dereference a NULL pointer here.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/327382dc0f16b268950b96e0052595efd80f7b0a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97792d0611ae2e6fe3ccefb0a94a1d802317c457
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a730a161ac2290d46d49be76b2b1aee8d2eb307
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad12c74e953b68ad85c78adc6408ed8435c64af4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0db4caa10f2e4e811cf88744fbf0d074b67ec1f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/244822c09b4f9aedfb5977f03c0deeb39da8ec7d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f92772a642485394db5c9a17bd0ee73fc6902383
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/801ea33ae82d6a9d954074fbcf8ea9d18f1543a7

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