CVE-2024-43879

2024-08-2101:15:12

Linux

web.nvd.nist.gov

linux kernel

wifi vulnerability

cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he

nl80211_rate_info_he_ru_alloc_2x996

160 mhz bandwidth

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

Low

EPSS

Percentile

13.7%

JSON

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 configurations

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.19–4.19.320

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.20.0–5.4.282

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.5.0–5.10.224

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.11.0–5.15.165

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.16.0–6.1.103

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.2.0–6.6.44

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.7.0–6.10.3

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.11.0≥

VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

CNA Affected

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    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "net/wireless/util.c"
    ],
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    "programFiles": [
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      },
      {
        "version": "0",
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        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
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        "status": "unaffected",
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      },
      {
        "version": "5.4.282",
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        "status": "unaffected",
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      },
      {
        "version": "5.10.224",
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        "status": "unaffected",
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      {
        "version": "5.15.165",
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        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.1.103",
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        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.6.44",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.10.3",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.10.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.11",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]