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Debian Security Bug TrackerDEBIANCVE:CVE-2024-43879

HistoryAug 21, 2024 - 1:15 a.m.

CVE-2024-43879

2024-08-2101:15:12

Debian Security Bug Tracker

security-tracker.debian.org

linux kernel

resolved vulnerability

wifi

handling

nl80211_rate_info_he_ru_alloc_2x996

warning

invalid he mcs

bw:6

ru:6

cpu

pid

net/wireless/util.c

cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he

AI Score

Confidence

High

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Debian12alllinux< 6.1.106-1linux_6.1.106-1_all.deb
Debian11alllinux<= 5.10.223-1linux_5.10.223-1_all.deb
Debian999alllinux< 6.10.3-1linux_6.10.3-1_all.deb
Debian13alllinux< 6.10.3-1linux_6.10.3-1_all.deb

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Debian	12	all	linux	< 6.1.106-1	linux_6.1.106-1_all.deb
Debian	11	all	linux	<= 5.10.223-1	linux_5.10.223-1_all.deb
Debian	999	all	linux	< 6.10.3-1	linux_6.10.3-1_all.deb
Debian	13	all	linux	< 6.10.3-1	linux_6.10.3-1_all.deb