In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: don't use rate mask for offchannel TX either
Like the commit ab9177d83c04 ("wifi: mac80211: don't use rate mask for scanning"), ignore incorrect settings to avoid no supported rate warning reported by syzbot.
The syzbot did bisect and found cause is commit 9df66d5b9f45 ("cfg80211: fix default HE tx bitrate mask in 2G band"), which however corrects bitmask of HE MCS and recognizes correctly settings of empty legacy rate plus HE MCS rate instead of returning -EINVAL.
As suggestions [1], follow the change of SCAN TX to consider this case of offchannel TX as well.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/[email protected]/T/#m2ac2a6d2be06a37c9c47a3d8a44b4f647ed4f024
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 3.3
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linuxUpgrade linux-6.1 | Nov 11, 2024 | Oct 21, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution existsUpgrade kernel-rtUpgrade kernel | May 15, 2025 | Oct 21, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1022-ibmUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1010-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1006-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-54-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-54-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1015-oemUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-oemUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1005-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-54-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-gkeUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-54-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-azure-fde-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1022-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1022-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-57-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04bUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-18-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-18-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-57-genericUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1010-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-oracleUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1023-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1022-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-awsUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1025-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1025-azureUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1022-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1008-raspiUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-realtime | Feb 20, 2025 | Oct 21, 2024 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Oct 9, 2025 | Oct 21, 2024 |
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