CVE-2024-43841
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: virt_wifi: avoid reporting connection success with wrong SSID When user issues a connection with a different SSID than the one virt_wifi has advertised, the…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: virt_wifi: avoid reporting connection success with wrong SSID When user issues a connection with a different SSID than the one virt_wifi has advertised, the __cfg80211_connect_result() will trigger the warning: WARN_ON(bss_not_found). The issue is because the connection code in virt_wifi does not check the SSID from user space (it only checks the BSSID), and virt_wifi will call cfg80211_connect_result() with WLAN_STATUS_SUCCESS even if the SSID is different from the one virt_wifi has advertised. Eventually cfg80211 won't be able to find the cfg80211_bss and generate the warning. Fixed it by checking the SSID (from user space) in the connection code.
- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.21% probability · 11th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05c4488a0e446c6ccde9f22b573950665e1cd414Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36e92b5edc8e0daa18e9325674313802ce3fbc29Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/416d3c1538df005195721a200b0371d39636e05dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93e898a264b4e0a475552ba9f99a016eb43ef942Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/994fc2164a03200c3bf42fb45b3d49d9d6d33a4dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5d14b0c6716fad7f0c94ac6e1d6f60a49f985c7Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3cc85a10abc8eae48988336cdd3689ab92581b3Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.