CVE-2024-43049

Summary

CVE-2024-43049 is a newly identified vulnerability affecting WLAN drivers. The issue stems from memory corruption that occurs when IOCTL calls are made from user space to set generic private commands within the driver. This vulnerability could potentially be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition, posing a significant risk to system security. Users are advised to apply patches as soon as they become available to mitigate this danger.

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