# CVE-2024-49928: wifi: rtw89: avoid reading out of bounds when loading TX power FW elements

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-21 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: avoid reading out of bounds when loading TX power FW elements Because the loop-expression will do one more time before getting false from cond-expression, the original code copied one more entry size beyond valid region. Fix it by moving the entry copy to loop-body.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83c84cdb75572048b67d6a3916283aeac865996e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4007c3d2da31d0c755ea3fcf55e395118e5d5621
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed2e4bb17a4884cf29c3347353d8aabb7265b46c

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