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- CVE-2024-43879
21/8/2024
19/12/2024
CVE-2024-43879: wifi: cfg80211: handle 2x996 RU allocation in cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he()
First published: Wed Aug 21 2024(Updated: )
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.
Credit: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| debian/linux | <=5.10.223-1 | 5.10.226-1 6.1.115-1 6.1.119-1 6.12.5-1 6.12.6-1 |
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Reference Links
- 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://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-43879
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43879
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2024-43879
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-43879
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-43879
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/bcbd771cd5d68c0c52567556097d75f9fc4e7cd6
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