CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux.
CVE
CVE-2024-43879
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.22%
Linux
Original NVD Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: handle 2x996 RU allocation in cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he() Currently NL80211_RATE_INFO_HE_RU_ALLOC_2x996 is not handled in cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he(), leading to below warning: kernel: invalid HE MCS: bw:6, ru:6 kernel: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2312 at net/wireless/util.c:1501 cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he+0x22b/0x270 [cfg80211] Fix it by handling 2x996 RU allocation in the same way as 160 MHz bandwidth.
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