| Name | CVE-2024-43879 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3912-1, ELA-1219-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | vulnerable | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.19.316-1 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.106-3 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.112-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 6.11.5-1 | fixed | |
| linux-5.10 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.10.226-1~deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 5.10.226-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster, buster (lts) | 5.10.226-1~deb10u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 5.10.218-1~deb10u1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| linux | source | stretch | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| linux | source | buster | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| linux | source | bullseye | 5.10.226-1 | DLA-3912-1 | ||
| linux | source | bookworm | 6.1.106-1 | |||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 6.10.3-1 | |||
| linux-5.10 | source | jessie | 5.10.226-1~deb8u1 | ELA-1219-1 | ||
| linux-5.10 | source | stretch | 5.10.226-1~deb9u1 | ELA-1219-1 | ||
| linux-5.10 | source | buster | 5.10.226-1~deb10u1 | ELA-1219-1 |
https://git.kernel.org/linus/bcbd771cd5d68c0c52567556097d75f9fc4e7cd6 (6.11-rc1)