CVE-2024-40930
High
wifi: cfg80211: validate HE operation element parsing
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.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
July 12, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-40930
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dc3a3893dae5a7f73e5809273aca0f1f3548d55
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15e3e13e14cc5ae8f950c16efe706add18ac8e2
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/40xxx/CVE-2024-40930.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40930