Linux Kernel up to 6.1.104/6.6.45/6.10.4 nl80211 denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.104/6.6.45/6.10.4 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component nl80211. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-43912. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.104/6.6.45/6.10.4 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component nl80211. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-43912 since 08/17/2024. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208672 (SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:3566-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.1.105, 6.6.46 or 6.10.5 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 3d42f2125f6c/c6ea738e3feb/ac3bf6e47fd8/23daf1b4c91d is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208672). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.1.104
• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.6.19
• 6.6.20
• 6.6.21
• 6.6.22
• 6.6.23
• 6.6.24
• 6.6.25
• 6.6.26
• 6.6.27
• 6.6.28
• 6.6.29
• 6.6.30
• 6.6.31
• 6.6.32
• 6.6.33
• 6.6.34
• 6.6.35
• 6.6.36
• 6.6.37
• 6.6.38
• 6.6.39
• 6.6.40
• 6.6.41
• 6.6.42
• 6.6.43
• 6.6.44
• 6.6.45
• 6.10.0
• 6.10.1
• 6.10.2
• 6.10.3
• 6.10.4

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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