ghsa-j57w-4p34-g57x
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-08-26 12:31
Modified
2025-11-04 00:31
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-43912"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-08-26T11:15:05Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: nl80211: disallow setting special AP channel widths\n\nSetting the AP channel width is meant for use with the normal\n20/40/... MHz channel width progression, and switching around\nin S1G or narrow channels isn\u0027t supported. Disallow that.",
  "id": "GHSA-j57w-4p34-g57x",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T00:31:18Z",
  "published": "2024-08-26T12:31:20Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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