CVE-2024-41072

kernel: wifi: cfg80211: wext: add extra SIOCSIWSCAN data check

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · July 29, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-99 · Improper Control of Resource Identifiers ('Resource Injection')