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HistoryJul 29, 2024 - 2:57 p.m.

CVE-2024-41072 wifi: cfg80211: wext: add extra SIOCSIWSCAN data check

2024-07-2914:57:32
Linux
github.com
1
linux kernel
wifi vulnerability
siocsiwscan data check

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: cfg80211: wext: add extra SIOCSIWSCAN data check

In ‘cfg80211_wext_siwscan()’, add extra check whether number of
channels passed via ‘ioctl(sock, SIOCSIWSCAN, …)’ doesn’t exceed
IW_MAX_FREQUENCIES and reject invalid request with -EINVAL otherwise.

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial