# CVE-2024-47673: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: pause TCM when the firmware is stopped

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-09 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.18

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: pause TCM when the firmware is stopped Not doing so will make us send a host command to the transport while the firmware is not alive, which will trigger a WARNING. bad state = 0 WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 17434 at drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-trans.c:115 iwl_trans_send_cmd+0x1cb/0x1e0 [iwlwifi] RIP: 0010:iwl_trans_send_cmd+0x1cb/0x1e0 [iwlwifi] Call Trace: <TASK> iwl_mvm_send_cmd+0x40/0xc0 [iwlmvm] iwl_mvm_config_scan+0x198/0x260 [iwlmvm] iwl_mvm_recalc_tcm+0x730/0x11d0 [iwlmvm] iwl_mvm_tcm_work+0x1d/0x30 [iwlmvm] process_one_work+0x29e/0x640 worker_thread+0x2df/0x690 ? rescuer_thread+0x540/0x540 kthread+0x192/0x1e0 ? set_kthread_struct+0x90/0x90 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a15df5f37fa3a8b7a8ec7a339d1e897bc524e28f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5948a191906b54e10f02f6b7a7670243a39f99f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c61b561baf92a2860c76c2302a62169e22c21cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55086c97a55d781b04a2667401c75ffde190135c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0668ebc8c2282ca1e7eb96092a347baefffb5fe7

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