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.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 19 Aug 2024 22:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-99
Metrics threat_severity

Moderate

threat_severity

Low


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T09:21:27.143Z

Reserved: 2024-07-12T12:17:45.631Z

Link: CVE-2024-41072

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:46:52.210Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-07-29T15:15:14.937

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:32:11.320

Link: CVE-2024-41072

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-07-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-41072 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T11:31:16Z