{"id":"CVE-2025-71227","summary":"wifi: mac80211: don't WARN for connections on invalid channels","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: don't WARN for connections on invalid channels\n\nIt's not clear (to me) how exactly syzbot managed to hit this,\nbut it seems conceivable that e.g. regulatory changed and has\ndisabled a channel between scanning (channel is checked to be\nusable by cfg80211_get_ies_channel_number) and connecting on\nthe channel later.\n\nWith one scenario that isn't covered elsewhere described above,\nthe warning isn't good, replace it with a (more informative)\nerror message.","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:25.546620140Z","published":"2026-02-18T14:21:48.422Z","related":["CGA-6p3v-p6v9-r8pr"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/71xxx/CVE-2025-71227.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10d3ff7e5812c8d70300f6fa8f524009a06aa7e1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99067b58a408a384d2a45c105eb3dce980a862ce"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/71xxx/CVE-2025-71227.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71227"},{"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":"f2d9d270c15ae0139b54a7e7466d738327e97e03"},{"fixed":"10d3ff7e5812c8d70300f6fa8f524009a06aa7e1"},{"fixed":"99067b58a408a384d2a45c105eb3dce980a862ce"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-71227.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"3.8.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.10"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-71227.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}