Riskcovery

CVE-2024-27434

wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't set the MFP flag for the GTK

State
Published
Severity
7.1 High
Published
May 17, 2024
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
Reserved
Feb 25, 2024

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Description

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

wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't set the MFP flag for the GTK

The firmware doesn't need the MFP flag for the GTK, it can even make the firmware crash. in case the AP is configured with: group cipher TKIP and MFPC. We would send the GTK with cipher = TKIP and MFP which is of course not possible.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 5c75a208c2449c6ea24f07610cc052f6a352246c to before b4f1b0b3b91762edd19bf9d3b2e4c3a0740501f8Affected
  • 5c75a208c2449c6ea24f07610cc052f6a352246c to before 40405cbb20eb6541c603e7b3d54ade0a7be9d715Affected
  • 5c75a208c2449c6ea24f07610cc052f6a352246c to before 60f6d5fc84a9fd26528a24d8a267fc6a6698b628Affected
  • 5c75a208c2449c6ea24f07610cc052f6a352246c to before e35f316bce9e5733c9826120c1838f4c447b2c4cAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.2Affected
  • before 6.2Not affected
  • 6.6.23 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.7.11 through 6.7.*Not affected
  • 6.8.2 through 6.8.*Not affected
  • 6.9 and laterNot affected

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