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.
History

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-399 CWE-99

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-399

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

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Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 21 Aug 2024 21:30:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:30:00 +0000

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

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-08-21T00:06:31.488Z

Updated: 2024-11-05T09:41:41.362Z

Reserved: 2024-08-17T09:11:59.286Z

Link: CVE-2024-43879

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-11T12:42:22.596Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-08-21T01:15:12.153

Modified: 2024-08-21T12:30:33.697

Link: CVE-2024-43879

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-08-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-43879 - Bugzilla