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LinuxVULNRICHMENT:CVE-2024-43912

HistoryAug 26, 2024 - 10:11 a.m.

CVE-2024-43912 wifi: nl80211: disallow setting special AP channel widths

2024-08-2610:11:16

Linux

github.com

linux kernel

wifi

nl80211

vulnerability

AI Score

7.3

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

Technical Impact

partial

JSON

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

wifi: nl80211: disallow setting special AP channel widths

Setting the AP channel width is meant for use with the normal
20/40/… MHz channel width progression, and switching around
in S1G or narrow channels isn’t supported. Disallow that.

References

git.kernel.org/stable/c/23daf1b4c91db9b26f8425cc7039cf96d22ccbfe

git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d42f2125f6c89e1e71c87b9f23412afddbba45e

git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac3bf6e47fd8da9bfe8027e1acfe0282a91584fc

git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6ea738e3feb407a3283197d9a25d0788f4f3cee