vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2024-27434: ELSA-2024-5101: kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 17, 2024
Added
Aug 16, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't set the MFP flag for the GTK
The firmware doesn't need the MFP flag for the GTK, it can even make the
firmware crash. in case the AP is configured with: group cipher TKIP and
MFPC. We would send the GTK with cipher = TKIP and MFP which is of course
not possible.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
Title
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