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wifi: cfg80211: wext: add extra SIOCSIWSCAN data check
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: wext: add extra SIOCSIWSCAN data check In 'cfg80211_wext_siwscan()', add extra check whether number of channels passed via 'ioctl(sock, SIOCSIWSCAN, ...)' doesn't exceed IW_MAX_FREQUENCIES and reject invalid request with -EINVAL otherwise.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.19.319, 5.10.223, 5.15.164, 5.4.281, 6.1.101, 6.6.42, 6.9.11
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-41072
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 6 Nov 2026, 00:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
wifi: cfg80211: wext: add extra SIOCSIWSCAN data check
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 29 Jul 2024, 14:57 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: wext: add extra SIOCSIWSCAN data check In 'cfg80211_wext_siwscan()', add extra check whether number of channels passed via 'ioctl(sock, SIOCSIWSCAN, ...)' doesn't exceed IW_MAX_FREQUENCIES and reject invalid request with -EINVAL otherwise.
osv:CVE-2024-41072
Kernel
Fixed versions: 4.19.319, 5.4.281, 5.10.223, 5.15.164, 6.1.101, 6.6.42, 6.9.11
Complete source record
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