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CVE-2024-43879
published 2024-08-21

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…

PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.22%
12.3th percentile
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

25 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.106-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.106-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.106-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.106-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f < 45d20a1c54be4f3173862c7b950d4468447814c945d20a1c54be4f3173862c7b950d4468447814c9
linuxlinux>= c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f < b289ebb0516526cb4abae081b7ec29fd4fa1209db289ebb0516526cb4abae081b7ec29fd4fa1209d
linuxlinux>= c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f < 2e201b3d162c6c49417c438ffb30b58c9f85769f2e201b3d162c6c49417c438ffb30b58c9f85769f
linuxlinux>= c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f < 576c64622649f3ec07e97bac8fec8b8a2ef4d086576c64622649f3ec07e97bac8fec8b8a2ef4d086
linuxlinux>= c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f < 16ad67e73309db0c20cc2a651992bd01c05e6b2716ad67e73309db0c20cc2a651992bd01c05e6b27
linuxlinux>= c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f < 67b5f1054197e4f5553047759c15c1d67d4c814267b5f1054197e4f5553047759c15c1d67d4c8142
linuxlinux>= c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f < 19eaf4f2f5a981f55a265242ada2bf92b0c742dd19eaf4f2f5a981f55a265242ada2bf92b0c742dd
linuxlinux>= c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f < bcbd771cd5d68c0c52567556097d75f9fc4e7cd6bcbd771cd5d68c0c52567556097d75f9fc4e7cd6
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.226-15.10.226-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.106-16.1.106-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.10.3-16.10.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.10.3-16.10.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-200.2205.4.0-200.220
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-125.1355.15.0-125.135
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-50.516.8.0-50.51
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.19 < 4.19.3204.19.320
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.20 < 5.4.2825.4.282
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.1655.15.165
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.1036.1.103
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5 < 5.10.2245.10.224
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.446.6.44
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.10.36.10.3

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu8.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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