Bug 2297514 (CVE-2024-40930) - CVE-2024-40930 kernel: wifi: cfg80211: validate HE operation element parsing
Summary: CVE-2024-40930 kernel: wifi: cfg80211: validate HE operation element parsing
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-40930
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2024-07-12 13:34 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2024-09-23 01:44 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: kernel 6.9.6, kernel 6.10-rc3
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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.
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