{"id":"CVE-2024-43879","summary":"wifi: cfg80211: handle 2x996 RU allocation in cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he()","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: cfg80211: handle 2x996 RU allocation in cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he()\n\nCurrently NL80211_RATE_INFO_HE_RU_ALLOC_2x996 is not handled in\ncfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he(), leading to below warning:\n\nkernel: invalid HE MCS: bw:6, ru:6\nkernel: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2312 at net/wireless/util.c:1501 cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he+0x22b/0x270 [cfg80211]\n\nFix it by handling 2x996 RU allocation in the same way as 160 MHz bandwidth.","modified":"2026-04-16T04:30:25.753590344Z","published":"2024-08-21T00:06:31.488Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2024:3189-1","SUSE-SU-2024:3190-1","SUSE-SU-2024:3194-1","SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1","SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1","SUSE-SU-2024:3251-1","SUSE-SU-2024:3252-1","SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1","SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20044-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20047-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/43xxx/CVE-2024-43879.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16ad67e73309db0c20cc2a651992bd01c05e6b27"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19eaf4f2f5a981f55a265242ada2bf92b0c742dd"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e201b3d162c6c49417c438ffb30b58c9f85769f"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45d20a1c54be4f3173862c7b950d4468447814c9"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/576c64622649f3ec07e97bac8fec8b8a2ef4d086"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67b5f1054197e4f5553047759c15c1d67d4c8142"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b289ebb0516526cb4abae081b7ec29fd4fa1209d"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcbd771cd5d68c0c52567556097d75f9fc4e7cd6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/43xxx/CVE-2024-43879.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43879"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"c4cbaf7973a794839af080f13748335976cf3f3f"},{"fixed":"45d20a1c54be4f3173862c7b950d4468447814c9"},{"fixed":"b289ebb0516526cb4abae081b7ec29fd4fa1209d"},{"fixed":"2e201b3d162c6c49417c438ffb30b58c9f85769f"},{"fixed":"576c64622649f3ec07e97bac8fec8b8a2ef4d086"},{"fixed":"16ad67e73309db0c20cc2a651992bd01c05e6b27"},{"fixed":"67b5f1054197e4f5553047759c15c1d67d4c8142"},{"fixed":"19eaf4f2f5a981f55a265242ada2bf92b0c742dd"},{"fixed":"bcbd771cd5d68c0c52567556097d75f9fc4e7cd6"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-43879.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}