CVE-2024-40930

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.8-6.9.5 - Denial of Service via HE Operation Element Parsing

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15e3e13e14cc5ae8f950c16efe706add18ac8e2

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dc3a3893dae5a7f73e5809273aca0f1f3548d55

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0021

EPSS Percentile 11.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published

Products (9)

linux/Kernel 6.8.0 - 6.9.6linux

Linux/Linux < 6.8

Linux/Linux 6.10

Linux/Linux 6.8

Linux/Linux 6.9.6 - 6.9.*

Linux/Linux 645f3d85129d8aac3b896ba685fbc20a31c2c036 - 4dc3a3893dae5a7f73e5809273aca0f1f3548d55

Linux/Linux 645f3d85129d8aac3b896ba685fbc20a31c2c036 - f15e3e13e14cc5ae8f950c16efe706add18ac8e2

linux/linux_kernel 6.10 rc1 (2 CPE variants)

linux/linux_kernel 6.8 - 6.9.6

Published Jul 12, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026