Riskcovery

CVE-2024-43912

wifi: nl80211: disallow setting special AP channel widths

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Aug 26, 2024
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Aug 17, 2024

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Description

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • e16821bcfb364b0c41142db275dc74b39fa42c30 to before 3d42f2125f6c89e1e71c87b9f23412afddbba45eAffected
  • e16821bcfb364b0c41142db275dc74b39fa42c30 to before c6ea738e3feb407a3283197d9a25d0788f4f3ceeAffected
  • e16821bcfb364b0c41142db275dc74b39fa42c30 to before ac3bf6e47fd8da9bfe8027e1acfe0282a91584fcAffected
  • e16821bcfb364b0c41142db275dc74b39fa42c30 to before 23daf1b4c91db9b26f8425cc7039cf96d22ccbfeAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 3.16Affected
  • before 3.16Not affected
  • 6.1.105 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.46 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.10.5 through 6.10.*Not affected
  • 6.11 and laterNot affected

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