Bug 2297514 (CVE-2024-40930)

Summary: CVE-2024-40930 kernel: wifi: cfg80211: validate HE operation element parsing
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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Fixed In Version: kernel 6.9.6, kernel 6.10-rc3 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's cfg80211 component, related to the parsing of HE operation elements, where the issue occurs when the length of the HE operation element is not validated before parsing, potentially leading to buffer overflows or undefined behavior.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-07-12 13:34:34 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: cfg80211: validate HE operation element parsing

Validate that the HE operation element has the correct
length before parsing it.