medium5.5
CVE-2024-43879
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: handle 2x996 RU allocation in cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he() Currently NL8…
Impact
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: handle 2x996 RU allocation in cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he() Currently NL80211_RATE_INFO_HE_RU_ALLOC_2x996 is not handled in cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he(), leading to below warning: kernel: invalid HE MCS: bw:6, ru:6 kernel: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2312 at net/wireless/util.c:1501 cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he+0x22b/0x270 [cfg80211] Fix it by handling 2x996 RU allocation in the same way as 160 MHz bandwidth.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 4.19 before 4.19.320 from 4.20 before 5.4.282 from 5.5 before 5.10.224 from 5.11 before 5.15.165 from 5.16 before 6.1.103 from 6.2 before 6.6.44 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16ad67e73309db0c20cc2a651992bd01c05e6b27
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19eaf4f2f5a981f55a265242ada2bf92b0c742dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e201b3d162c6c49417c438ffb30b58c9f85769f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45d20a1c54be4f3173862c7b950d4468447814c9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/576c64622649f3ec07e97bac8fec8b8a2ef4d086
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67b5f1054197e4f5553047759c15c1d67d4c8142
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b289ebb0516526cb4abae081b7ec29fd4fa1209d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcbd771cd5d68c0c52567556097d75f9fc4e7cd6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html