Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 56 for SLE 12 SP5)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-122216 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: CVE-2024-35789: wifi: mac80211: check/clear fast rx for non-4addr sta VLAN changes bsc1227320. CVE-2021-47511: ALSA: pcm: oss: fix negative period/buffer sizes bsc1227700. CVE-2024-5310...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Wifi: mac80211: mesh: Fixed a leak of meshpreqqueue objects The hwmp code uses objects of type meshpreqqueue, which are added to a list in ieee80211ifmesh to track mpath. We need to fix this issue. If the mpath is deleted, the ex...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: Do not use the rate mask for off-channel TX as well. Similar to the commit ab9177d83c04 “wifi: mac80211: Do not use the rate mask for scanning”, ignore incorrect settings to avoid the “No supported rate” warning...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Wifi: mac80211: Fixed a deadlock in the ieee80211stapsdeliverwakeup function. The ieee80211stapsdeliverwakeup function uses sta-pslock to synchronize with the ieee80211txhunicastpsbuf function, which is called from the softirq...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: Do not pass a stopped vif to the driver in .gettxpower. Avoid potentially crashing the driver due to uninitialized private data...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Wifi: mac80211: Use two-phase skb reclamation in ieee80211dostop Since devqueuexmit should be called with interrupts enabled, the following backtrace is shown: ieee80211dostop ... spinlockirqsave&local-queuestopreasonlock, flags...

The vulnerability of the net/mac80211 component in the Linux operating system’s kernel allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the net/mac80211 component in the Linux operating system’s kernel is related to the use of memory after it is freed. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

SUSE CVE-2024-57899

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix mbss changed flags corruption on 32 bit systems On 32-bit systems, the size of an unsigned long is 4 bytes, while a u64 is 8 bytes. Therefore, when using oreachsetbitbit, &bits, sizeofchanged BITSPERBYTE, the...

CVE-2024-57899

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix mbss changed flags corruption on 32 bit systems On 32-bit systems, the size of an unsigned long is 4 bytes, while a u64 is 8 bytes. Therefore, when using oreachsetbitbit, , sizeofchanged BITSPERBYTE, the code ...

CVE-2024-57899

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix mbss changed flags corruption on 32 bit systems On 32-bit systems, the size of an unsigned long is 4 bytes, while a u64 is 8 bytes. Therefore, when using oreachsetbitbit, &bits, sizeofchanged BITSPERBYTE, the...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57899

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix mbss changed flags corruption on 32 bit systems On 32-bit systems, the size of an unsigned long is 4 bytes, while a u64 is 8 bytes. Therefore, when using oreachsetbitbit, &bits, sizeofchanged BITSPERBYTE, the...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57899

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix mbss changed flags corruption on 32 bit systems On 32-bit systems, the size of an unsigned long is 4 bytes, while a u64 is 8 bytes. Therefore, when using oreachsetbitbit, &bits, sizeofchanged BITSPERBYTE, the...

CVE-2024-57899 wifi: mac80211: fix mbss changed flags corruption on 32 bit systems

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix mbss changed flags corruption on 32 bit systems On 32-bit systems, the size of an unsigned long is 4 bytes, while a u64 is 8 bytes. Therefore, when using oreachsetbitbit, &bits, sizeofchanged BITSPERBYTE, the...

USN-7184-1 linux-aws, linux-kvm vulnerabilities

Ziming Zhang discovered that the VMware Virtual GPU DRM driver in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2022-36402 Zheng Wang discovered a use-after-free in the Renesas Ethernet AVB driver in th...

PT-2026-8181

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description The Linux kernel contains a flaw within the mac80211 module related to the handling of receive RX operations in the OCB OCB context. Specifically, the ieee80211 ocb rx no sta function...

PT-2025-41368

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description A flaw exists in the Linux kernel’s mac80211 component related to insufficient buffer length validation during hardware scanning. Specifically, the S1G capability element was not account...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56609

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: use ieee80211purgetxqueue to purge TX skb When removing kernel modules by: rmmod rtw888723cs rtw888703b rtw888723x rtw88sdio rtw88core Driver uses skbqueuepurge to purge TX skb, but not report tx status causing "Have...

CVE-2024-56541

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix use-after-free in ath12kdpcccleanup During ath12k module removal, in ath12kcoredeinit, ath12kmacdestroy un-registers ah-hw from mac80211 and frees the ah-hw as well as all the ar's in it. After this...

CVE-2024-56541

The CVE-2024-56541 entry concerns the Linux kernel wireless driver ath12k (wifi) where a use-after-free occurs during module removal. Specifically, ath12k_core_deinit() calls ath12k_mac_destroy() which unregisters ah->hw from mac80211 and frees ah->hw and related ar structures; then ath12k_...

The vulnerability of the mac80211 component in the Linux operating system allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the mac80211 component in the Linux operating system’s kernel is related to the use of an uninitialized resource in the function ieee80211statxwmmacnotify. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a attacker to cause a service failure...