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 kernelUpgrade kernel-rt | May 15, 2025 | Oct 21, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1025-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1022-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1025-azureUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1022-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1023-awsUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1010-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-oracleUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-18-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-57-genericUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1008-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-54-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-54-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1010-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04bUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-57-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-18-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-54-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1022-ibmUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-azure-fde-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1015-oemUpgrade linux-image-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-azureUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1022-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1005-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-oemUpgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-gkeUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1022-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-54-genericUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-gcpUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1006-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-oracle | 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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