CVE-2024-43879

wifi: cfg80211: handle 2x996 RU allocation in cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he()

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Aug 21, 2024
Updated: Oct 15, 2026
Reserved: Aug 17, 2024

Description

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f to before 45d20a1c54be4f3173862c7b950d4468447814c9Affected c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f to before b289ebb0516526cb4abae081b7ec29fd4fa1209dAffected c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f to before 2e201b3d162c6c49417c438ffb30b58c9f85769fAffected c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f to before 576c64622649f3ec07e97bac8fec8b8a2ef4d086Affected c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f to before 16ad67e73309db0c20cc2a651992bd01c05e6b27Affected c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f to before 67b5f1054197e4f5553047759c15c1d67d4c8142Affected c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f to before 19eaf4f2f5a981f55a265242ada2bf92b0c742ddAffected c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f to before bcbd771cd5d68c0c52567556097d75f9fc4e7cd6Affected
LinuxLinux	4.19Affected before 4.19Not affected 4.19.320 through 4.19.Not affected 5.4.282 through 5.4.Not affected 5.10.224 through 5.10.Not affected 5.15.165 through 5.15.Not affected 6.1.103 through 6.1.Not affected 6.6.44 through 6.6.Not affected 6.10.3 through 6.10.*Not affected 6.11 and laterNot affected

Product

Versions

LinuxLinux

c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f to before 45d20a1c54be4f3173862c7b950d4468447814c9Affected
c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f to before b289ebb0516526cb4abae081b7ec29fd4fa1209dAffected
c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f to before 2e201b3d162c6c49417c438ffb30b58c9f85769fAffected
c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f to before 576c64622649f3ec07e97bac8fec8b8a2ef4d086Affected
c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f to before 16ad67e73309db0c20cc2a651992bd01c05e6b27Affected
c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f to before 67b5f1054197e4f5553047759c15c1d67d4c8142Affected
c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f to before 19eaf4f2f5a981f55a265242ada2bf92b0c742ddAffected
c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f to before bcbd771cd5d68c0c52567556097d75f9fc4e7cd6Affected

LinuxLinux

4.19Affected
before 4.19Not affected
4.19.320 through 4.19.*Not affected
5.4.282 through 5.4.*Not affected
5.10.224 through 5.10.*Not affected
5.15.165 through 5.15.*Not affected
6.1.103 through 6.1.*Not affected
6.6.44 through 6.6.*Not affected
6.10.3 through 6.10.*Not affected
6.11 and laterNot affected

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