CVE-2024-43879
Published: Aug 21, 2024
Modified: May 12, 2026
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f - < 45d20a1c54be4f3173862c7b950d4468447814c9affected c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f - < b289ebb0516526cb4abae081b7ec29fd4fa1209daffected c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f - < 2e201b3d162c6c49417c438ffb30b58c9f85769faffected c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f - < 576c64622649f3ec07e97bac8fec8b8a2ef4d086affected c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f - < 16ad67e73309db0c20cc2a651992bd01c05e6b27+3 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 4.19unaffected 0 - < 4.19unaffected 4.19.320 - <= 4.19.*unaffected 5.4.282 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.224 - <= 5.10.*+5 more versions |
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